The U.S. Education Department recently released numbers showing that the total amount of money borrowed by students in the 2008-2009 grew by 25%, to $75.1 billion, over the previous year. The number has been rising for many years, but this bump is the largest on record. The deputy undersecretary of the Education Department, Robert Shireman, has said that this increase was … [Read more...] about In the News: Student Loans Jump 25% in 2009
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