Hoping to support an online petition against Sallie Mae’s practice of penalizing unemployed college graduates who are late on their student loan payments, Berkeley City Council will vote at their Tuesday meeting on whether to send a letter to the corporation discouraging punitive forbearance fees. The petition, titled “Tell Sallie Read More…
The UC Berkeley chapter of CALPIRG used Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to collect signatures in the hopes of fighting the heartbreak of student loan debt. The group is gathering student signatures to try to convince Congress to renew legislation that would prevent the current interest rate for the subsidized federal Read More…
As the price of an education grows steeper across the nation, so too has the burden of student loans. Student debt will surpass a staggering $1 trillion this year, meaning total student loan debt will be greater than the credit card debt in the United States. Something must change. Though Read More…
