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What Do You Wish You Had Known About Student-Loan Debt and College Choice? Article
Prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

What Do You Wish You Had Known About Student-Loan Debt and College Choice?

Student-loan debt now tops $1 trillion, and many former students are struggling to pay back their loans. As policymakers debate the best way to communicate value to college-bound students, CAP and Generation Progress plan to engage these former students to bring their voice to this important conversation.

Elizabeth Baylor, Sarah Audelo

What Would the Student-Loan Interest Rate Increase Mean for Your State? Article
President Barack Obama, joined by college students, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 31, 2013, where he called on Congress to keep federally subsidized student-loan rates from doubling on July 1. (AP/Susan Walsh)

What Would the Student-Loan Interest Rate Increase Mean for Your State?

New reports from the Center for American Progress and Campus Progress detail what an increase in the interest rate on Stafford student loans would mean for several states.

Brian Stewart, Abraham White

It’s Our Interest: The Need to Reduce Student Loan Interest Rates Report
Students walk the campus at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Thursday, February 28, 2013. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

It’s Our Interest: The Need to Reduce Student Loan Interest Rates

As we move forward with improving the educational system for those currently or about to enroll in higher education, it is important to not leave behind the tens of millions of Americans who still possess student debt.

Anne Johnson, Tobin Van Ostern

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