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| Sep 6, 2022 | Biden is making it clear that his broad student-loan forgiveness plan is a 'one-time' action | President Joe Biden. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
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| Sep 3, 2022 | Student loan forgiveness frees up money for millions of Americans - but it won't spark a spree of stock-buying like pandemic stimulus did | The Biden Administration is gearing up to deliver $300 billion in student loan forgiveness.
Unlike pandemic stimulus checks, retail investors are unlikely to use debt relief to rush into stocks.
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| Aug 24, 2022 | Biden to wipe out $10,000 in student loan debt for many borrowers | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for Pell Grant borrowers and up to $10,000 for all other borrowers with an income of less than $125,000 for an individual an... |
| Jun 18, 2022 | NAACP says it's Biden's 'turn now' after Pharrell Williams surprised 5 HBCU students, recent grads by paying off their student loan debt | News NAACP says it's Biden's 'turn now' after Pharrell Williams surprised 5 HBCU students, recent grads by paying off their student loan debt
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| May 16, 2022 | Ben Bernanke helped the U.S. recover after 2008 and now sees huge warning signs on inflation, stagflation and student debt | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank’s decision to delay its response to the hi... |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Fintech helps Gen Z Miamians set themselves up for long-term success | Facebook
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| Feb 16, 2022 | What canceling student loan debt really means | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
On the campaign trail in 2020, President Joe Biden promised to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for ev... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | Earning 6 figures isn’t enough to buy the American Dream anymore | Even high earners are having a hard time achieving the American Dream. Mark Makela/Getty Images
A $100,000 salary, now middle class, is no longer enough to buy the symbols of the American Dream.
A house, an education, and kids have all beco... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | October Market Update | Capacity issues may be on the road to improvement, but what about demand factors?
Last month, we took a close look at the factors constraining the supply side of the truckload market. And while supply chains continue to experience stress fr... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Meet the typical 40-year-old millennial, who has $128,000 in debt, is not nearly as wealthy as their parents were, and is known as ‘geriatric’ | The oldest millennials turn 40 this year. Gotham/Getty Images
The oldest millennials turn 40 this year.
They have less wealth, more debt, and about the same earnings as past generations at their age.
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| Apr 30, 2021 | Millennials are getting screwed again by their 2nd housing crisis in 12 years | A housing market marked by low inventory and high prices is pushing homeownership out of reach. Newsday LLC/Getty Images
The pandemic, underbuilding of homes, and lumber scarcity have created a historic housing shortage.
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| Mar 30, 2021 | 42 million Americans have had their student loan payments paused during the pandemic. 8 borrowers share how it’s changed their lives. | More than one year ago, the federal government announced relief measures for student loan borrowers.
Monthly payments were halted and interest rates stopped accruing amid the COVID-19 national emergency.
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| Mar 11, 2021 | A California university hopes that paying students $75 to stay home over spring break will keep them from traveling | Travel A California university hopes that paying students $75 to stay home over spring break will keep them from traveling
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| Feb 24, 2021 | Harvard Students Tell Biden: Don’t Use Us As An Excuse To “Water Down” Student Loan Forgiveness | WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the more than 500,000 ... [+] lives lost to COVID-19 in the Cross Hall of the White House February 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Also on hand for the ceremony were fir... |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Huge Majority Of Black Voters Support Cancelling Student Debt | WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he makes a statement at the South ... [+] Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Building February 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden made a statement on the coup i... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Here’s What Working Parents Should Envy About Norway (and It’s Not Just The Electric Cars) | Norway’s gotten a lot of attention since it became the target of actor Will Ferrell’s envy and ire in GM’s Super Bowl ads for beating the U.S. to become the world's biggest per-capita market for electric vehicles. The viral ads have spurred... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Ayanna Pressley: Biden Should Cancel $50,000 In Student Loan Debt For Every Borrower | WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 24: Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) asks a question as U.S. Postmaster General ... [+] Louis DeJoy testifies at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on August 24, 2020 on Ca... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Gen Z was set to unseat millennials as the most educated generation, but the pandemic may have ended that | The pandemic has delayed Gen Z’s educational progress. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/Getty Images
Gen Z was on track to becoming the most educated generation ever, but the pandemic has knocked that off course, according to a Bank of America Research re... |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Virtual learning amid increased demand: How DC-area bootcamps are teaching coding skills now | Technology is a sector that lends itself easily to continuous upskilling.
But amid the coronavirus pandemic, tech education programs are seeing more interest than ever, as current technologists find themselves with more free time to dedicat... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | 5 driving forces behind the millennial-boomer generational wealth gap | The wealth gap between millennials and boomers has grown. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Millennials’ slow financial progress isn’t just because of The Great Recession.
A new Deutsche Bank Research report said boomers got lucky in five areas ... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | How to get a student loan for college or grad school | Getting a student loan for college often starts before acceptance letters even go out. MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images/Contributor
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| Jun 7, 2020 | Student Loan Debt Relief: What Are Your Options Now? | Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a $3-trillion stimulus bill, that would include additional relief for those with student loan debt. But it’s unlikely to pass the Senate in its current form. Several Senat... |
| May 1, 2020 | New Study: Millennial Women Are Delaying Having Children Due To Their Careers | Copyright by Tom Werner |
| Feb 25, 2020 | 6 alternatives to an expensive undergrad degree, and what exactly to do to avoid massive student debt | Student-loan debt reached a national high of $1.5 trillion in 2019. Boston Globe/Getty Images
For Gen Z, avoiding massive amounts of student debt is a big concern, high schoolers and college admissions coaches say.
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| Feb 3, 2020 | How Gamified Training Is Attracting A New Generation Of Workers To Blue-Collar Industries | Photo:Getty |
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| Nov 8, 2019 | Nearly half of college grads with student loan debt don't think their college degree helped them earn more money | Only 36% of indebted individuals think they make a higher salary as a result of their college degree. CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters
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| Nov 1, 2019 | 70% of millennials say they'd vote for a socialist. 5 facts about their debt-saddled economic situation tell you why. | More than half of millennials would be inclined to vote for a socialist candidate, according to a new poll. Mario Tama/Getty Images
70% of millennials said they'd be somewhat or extremely likely to vote for a socialist candidate, according ... |
| Oct 24, 2019 | Wealthy millennials are more likely to be married than the rest of their generation - and it shows how critical a role money plays in traditional life milestones | John Walton - EMPICS/Getty Images
Millennial millionaires are more likely to be married and homeowners than their peers.
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Millennial millionaires are nearly three times as likely to own homes and nearly twice as likely to be ma... |
| Oct 23, 2019 | America's student-loan debt is so bad that Ashton Kutcher produced a new reality TV show tackling the issue, and it gets a few things right about millennials and money | Brendan McDermid/Reuters
A new reality TV show highlights the student debt crisis in America.
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"Going From Broke," a new reality TV show that tackles student-loan debt, highlights just how bad America's debt crisis re... |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Nearly half of millennials said the biggest mistake they made with student loans is thinking their starting salaries would cover their monthly payments, a new study shows | Daniel Hulshizer/AP Images
The average millennial earns $35,455.
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Nearly half of millennials say their biggest student loan mistake was overestimating the salary of their first post-college job and assuming they could afford mo... |
| Aug 21, 2019 | There's another reason to get life insurance most people don't think of: to pay your student loans if you die | Look into life insurance if you have loans through a private lender. Jirapong Manustrong/Getty Images
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| Aug 15, 2019 | GradJoy is a Y Combinator-backed fintech to help you knock out your student loans | The right people to solve the trillion-dollar student debt crisis might be the ones who are suffering from it the hardest.
If you’re a recent college graduate, there’s a 50% chance you took on debt when you moved off campus. If you’re like ... |
| Aug 14, 2019 | The wealth gap between generations in the US has nearly doubled in the past 20 years - and the Great Recession, an unaffordable housing market, and astronomic student-loan debt are to blame | Tabatha Fireman/Stringer/Getty
Millennials are financially behind.
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The wealth gap between generations in the US has nearly doubled in the past 20 years, according to a MagnifyMoney study.
The study found that millennials have ... |
| Jul 5, 2019 | The most expensive and affordable states to buy a house, ranked | Executive Lifestyle The most expensive and affordable states to buy a house, ranked
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| Jul 2, 2019 | Millennials are following in baby boomers' footsteps and heading for the suburbs - but there's a key difference in how they're doing it | Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock
High housing prices are pushing millennials out of the city and into the suburbs.
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Millennials are reviving the suburbs as they flee the city in search of more affordable housing, reported Valerie Bauer... |
| May 6, 2019 | Americans living in suburbs tend to consider themselves middle class, but most city-dwellers can't say the same | Many city dwellers don't feel part of the middle class, according to an INSIDER and Morning Consult survey. Westend61/Getty Images
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| Apr 25, 2019 | More than half of Americans who grew up rich don't think they're wealthy anymore, and it highlights uncomfortable changes in the US economy | Advertisement
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According to an INSIDER and Morning Consult survey, about 30% of respondents who grew up rich now identify as poor or working class.
More than 50% of Americans who grew up rich don't think they're we... |
| Apr 23, 2019 | American millennials have less money than other generations did at their age - but studies show an alarming amount of them have delusional ideas about their wealth | Advertisement
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Many American millennials think they'll be millionaires by middle age and have a generally positive view about their finances, according to several s... |
| Apr 21, 2019 | There's a simple rule to determine whether investing while paying off student loan debt is a smart move, according to the experts | Should you pay off student debt or invest? Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
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Should you delay investing until you pay off your student loan debt? It depends.
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| Apr 20, 2019 | How to start saving for your kids to go to college, in 3 steps | You won't regret starting a 529 plan to save for college. MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images/Contributor
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| Apr 8, 2019 | Millennials are making 3 key decisions that are wiping out the starter home - and it's changing what homeownership in America looks like | Westend61/Getty Images
Are millennials wiping out the starter home?
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Millennials are making three key decisions that are cumulatively wiping out the starter home.
The typical millennial is renting longer and buying later, surpa... |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Millennials are making 3 key decisions that are wiping out the starter home — and it's changing what homeownership in America looks like | Are millennials wiping out the starter home? Westend61/Getty Images
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Millennials are making three key decisions that are cumulatively wiping out the starter home.
The typical millennial is renting longer and buying later, surpassi... |
| Apr 4, 2019 | The Great Recession split the millennial generation down the middle, creating 2 groups with very different financial habits | Millennials were split into two groups by the Great Recession. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images
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An expert on millennials says the Great Recession split the generation into two distinct groups.
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| Mar 15, 2019 | How to finally address the country's out-of-control student loan crisis, according to a finance professor | Advertisement
For the first time in US history, total student-loan debt exceeds $1.5 trillion - surpassing both auto-loan and credit card debt.
Mark T. Williams teaches finance, risk management, and capital markets at Boston University and ... |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Credit-card users have whispered about the 'Barclays blacklist' for years. Here's how I got on it. | Barclaycard; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider
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Barclays, which issues branded credit cards for Apple, JetBlue, and the NFL, has a practice of rejecting applications from former customers who have fallen behind on payments, even if... |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Family finances: Manage student loan debt | For students who borrow to attend college, the average debt at graduation is $28,500, according to the College Board. And that’s before interest that accrues over years while the loan is in repayment.
If you’re a graduate overwhelmed by fiv... |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, July 27 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, July 27.
Facebook lost $119 billion in just one day. Facebook made history yesterday, all for the wrong reason. The company had the biggest one-day wipeout... |
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| Jun 20, 2018 | It’s Not Rude to Talk About Money | My Peace Corps buddy Liz sat on my couch in Seattle, celebrating my new job with me.
“Can I be Paraguayan and ask how much you’re making?” she said, asking permission, really to cross back into the culture that had rooted its way into us. I... |
| May 24, 2018 | Inc. Magazine Names Ten Austin Companies to its 2018 Best Places to Work List | Inc. Magazine Wednesday named ten Austin-based companies to its list of best places to work. |
| May 22, 2018 | The 'lost generation' of millennials born in the 1980s may never be as rich as their parents | Matt Cowan / Getty
Millennials born in the 1980s are at greater risk of accumulating less wealth during their lives, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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| May 21, 2018 | 7 ways life is more expensive today for American millennials than previous generations | Mikhail Goldenkov/Strelka Institute/Flickr
While millennials have benefitted from higher incomes, the increase hasn't kept up with the inflated cost of living.
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| Jan 30, 2018 | Lambda School, where students don’t pay until they land a $50,000 tech job, graduates its first class | While the tech industry offers some of the highest-paying and fastest-growing jobs in the U.S., obtaining one is still out of reach for many Americans. Particularly for those who are looking to make a career change, it’s expensive. Tuition ... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Lambda School, where students don’t pay until they land a $50,000 tech job, graduates its first class | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Dec 20, 2017 | How A Signing Bonus Could Be Your Student Loan Silver Bullet | Image Courtesy of Student Loan Hero Student Loan Hero |
| Nov 16, 2017 | Where'd All the Millennial Entrepreneurs Go? | November 16, 2017 5 min read
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| Oct 30, 2017 | First time homebuyers fall to 4th lowest share since 1981 | First time homebuyers continue to struggle to enter the housing market amidst limited housing inventory, falling to the fourth lowest level since 1981, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2017 Profile of Home Buyers and Selle... |
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| Nov 14, 2016 | You’re Not Crazy for Wanting to Be an Entrepreneur | It’s a crazy thing for most people, this whole “I want to start my own company” business. There’s no steady paycheck, no set framework for how to build it, and a huge risk that all of it will come crashing down. But for those of us bitten b... |
| Aug 22, 2016 | Is Higher Ed Adapting to the Changing Needs of Gen Z? [Vote] | Tech.Co has partnered with Arlington Economic Development to bring you this story.
According to the most recent statistics, the average Class of 2016 college graduate has $37,172 in student loan debt. That number is up 6 percent from last y... |
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| Jun 4, 2013 | The Socratic Method for Edtech Entrepreneurs | Edtech accelerator Socratic Labs commemorated the graduation of its first (“Alpha”) cohort of educational technology companies this week at the Centre for Social Innovation in New York. Socratic Labs founder and master connector Heather Gil... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Edtech startup lifts heavy weight of loans off student shoulders | President Barack Obama only paid off his student loans about nine years ago. If StudentLoanHero was around back then, he may have been able to pay them off sooner.
StudentLoanHero is a startup that gives student borrowers tools to repay the... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Funding Daily: From Senegal to Silicon Valley | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Feb 21, 2013 | Edtech startup lifts heavy weight of loans off student shoulders | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Feb 19, 2013 | With $63 Million Under Management, Student Loan Hero Joins The “Mint For Student Loans” Crowd | Debt-management focused Student Loan Hero is ramping up the competition in the “Mint for Student Loans” space, with now 2,000 people on board, $63 million in debt under management, a platform built on proprietary technology (not Yodlee, lik... |
| What’s still up for debate when it comes to student debt forgiveness | Roughly 45 million Americans collectively owe $1.7 trillion in student debt. Many of these borrowers are hoping for forgiveness.
Over the past 10 years, college costs increased by more than 16% and student debt increased by 99%. Today, roug... |
| ‘Don’t borrow for college,’ warns Harvard-trained economist—here’s why it’s a ‘waste of money’ and ‘far too risky’ | Thinking of borrowing for college? Don’t do it: It’s far too risky, far too expensive and, in many cases, a waste of money.
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| New federal student loan repayment plan aimed at low-income borrowers | President Joe Biden speaks about electric vehicle manufacturing during a stop at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Sept. 14, 2022. Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance
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| ‘It’s frustrating and stressful.’ 40 million people are in the dark about whether or not student loan payments will resume | Two weeks before federal student loan payments are set to resume, the Biden administration hasn’t said whether or not there will be another extension.
A spokesman for federal student loan servicers says they haven’t been given the chance to... |
| If you're not making $14.50 an hour, you probably can't afford to live in any US county | An employee of McDonald's protests outside a branch restaurant for a raise in their minimum wage to $15 an hour, in Fort Lauderdale on May 19, 2021. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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| Over half a million student loan borrowers are now closer to forgiveness — here's how to know if you're one of them | As long as you work for a public service employer, your specific job doesn't matter in qualifying for PSLF. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images
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| Here’s what happens—and what to do—if you can’t pay your federal student loans | Student debt relief has helped millions of Americans during the pandemic. Since March 27, 2020, federal student loan interest rates have been set to 0% and payments have been paused.
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| Welcome Pillar | The student loan debt crisis reached an all-time high in 2019 and has grown into a colossal challenge for many Americans. In fact, student loans have become the second largest consumer debt class today, with 45 million borrowers in the Unit... |
| Debt is a good reason to get divorced or avoid marriage altogether, Americans said in a survey | Americans aren’t just avoiding marriage because of their partners’ debt — they’re considering divorce later on. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images
In a National Debt Relief survey, 54% of Americans said a partner's debt is a reason to divorce.
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| Starting Oct. 1, students can apply for their share of $150 billion in college aid—here’s how | Starting Oct. 1, current and prospective college students can complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, for their share of $150 billion in federal student aid — including grants, scholarships, loans and work... |
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| 3 ways student debt impacts the economy | During the height of the pandemic, workers with college degrees were spared some of the harshest consequences. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that workers with a bachelor's degree are less likely to be unemployed and earn 67% more t... |
| Students miss out on billions in college aid due to these 4 common FAFSA misconceptions | The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, opened on Oct. 1 which means students can now apply for their share of $150 billion in federal student aid — including grants, scholarships, loans and work-study — for the 20... |
