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Campus

US government, BYU working to help students financially during pandemic

By Lisi Merkley
March 27, 2020 12:00 AM
College students across the country are adjusting to classes being taught remotely due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the US government and universities are working to alleviate some of the financial worries these students might face.
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Nation

New data shows student loan default rates low in Utah

By Nick Gledhill
October 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Utah has the seventh-lowest default rate on student loans in the nation according to a comprehensive report by LendEDU released Oct 22.
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Nation

Student loan debt nationwide skyrockets

By Mariana Monteiro
May 06, 2019 12:00 AM
See also 'Scholarships, loan options often drive students' higher ed decisions'
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Metro

Scholarships, loan options often drive students' higher ed decisions

By Mariana Monteiro
May 06, 2019 12:00 AM
See also 'Student loan debt nationwide skyrockets'
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Campus

Single mom masterminds $700K swing from debt to savings

By Associated Press
October 16, 2018 12:00 AM
In this October 2014 photo provided by Nerdwallet, Takiia Anderson, left, poses for a photo with her daughter Taje Perkins during a campus visit to Anderson’s alma mater, Howard University in Washington. Today, Anderson’s student debt is long gone. She has nearly $500,000 in retirement savings, and her daughter, Taje Perkins, finished her third year at Spelman College in Atlanta with no student loans to cover its nearly $30,000 per year in tuition and fees. (Nerdwallet via AP)
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 10/16/18

By Riley Waldman
October 16, 2018 12:00 AM
Student loans
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Nation

US government advocate for student loan borrowers resigns

By Associated Press
September 04, 2018 12:00 AM
The nation's roughly 44 million student loan borrowers have lost their advocate inside in the U.S. government.
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State

BYU students making minimum wage struggle to make ends meet

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
December 16, 2017 12:00 AM
A student employee at the Cougareat Subway prepares a sandwich for a customer. Low-paying student jobs rarely cover a student's living and schooling expenses. (Ty Mullen)
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Local

More grads struggle to stay afloat despite student debt

By Cassie Arntsen
February 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Evan Clinger and fiancee Hanah Belnap study in a scene from a YouTube video discussing the impact of student loan debt in their relationship. (Cassie Arntsen)
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Local

Student loans: A push forward or a shove back?

By Megan Noack
November 13, 2012 12:00 AM
She left college with a job, a bright hope and a plan to pay back student loans.
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