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An online tool that helped college students and their families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application for financial assistance has been taken offline until the fall.

A recent survey of college students revealed that around 30 percent of college students will use their student loans to pay for spring break trips.

Half of college students believe their student loans will be forgiven after graduation, according to a recent poll.

It takes an average of 12 years for the full value of a college degree to kick in, according to a report from the College Board.

In his final State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama counted the recent reform of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the law’s new pre-school provision as hallmarks of his tenure as president, and he said he will continue to fight for universal pre-K and free community college.

Debt is a fantastic way to control people, because politicians can offer to relieve portions of that debt in exchange for votes. The political battlespace has been well-prepared by teaching citizens to hate the banks that loan them money to fulfill their ambitions and satisfy their desires.

A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that nearly all of the increases in college tuition since 1987 can be explained by the increase in student loans made more available by government policy.

The 13-year-old social media star CJ Pearson, whose YouTube videos criticizing President Obama have gone viral, joined Cruz for President this month to help reach out to millennial voters through the campaign’s “youth operation” and talked about his new venture to Breitbart News.

Despite the Labor Day unemployment rate supposedly falling to 5.1 percent, the total delinquent loan amount for the 40 million student loan borrowers is now about $340 billion, according to the US Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid website.

The Wall Street Journal calls Clinton’s plan an “attempt to address a source of anxiety for American families while advancing one of the left’s most sweeping new ideas.” It’s no surprise the Left did everything it could to heighten that anxiety before terrorizing people into a “solution” that would spread its sweeping ideas. The WSJ dryly notes that information about Hillary’s plan “will be a key element of campaigning on college campuses this fall.” I’ll just bet it will.

A new study from the New York Federal Reserve faults the federal government’s policy of boosting aid to families in recent decades to make college education more affordable, because it enabled institutions to raise tuitions much faster than inflation.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) made the case that his background made him well-suited to take on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton at the beginning of Thursday’s Fox News debate, arguing that she would be unable to play the Democrats’ usual class warfare games against him.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune brings us the infuriating story of Hamaz Ahmed, 20, and Hanad Mustafe Musse, 19, two Twin Cities college students who allegedly used federal student loan money to buy plane tickets to the Middle East to join ISIS.

On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it was charging ITT Educational Services Inc., its chief executive officer Kevin Modany, and its chief financial officer Daniel Fitzpatrick with fraud, alleging that they hid from the company’s investors the how badly two student loan programs were performing.

Harris stated that she may be able to wipe out student loans through a “closed-school loan discharge”, a rule that provides students with debt relief if they cannot complete their education because their school closed. But “closed-school loan discharge” means former students are not eligible for debt relief, and students that try to transfer with completed class credits lose their eligibility for any debt relief.

A university degree was once perceived as the social elevator to a higher net worth. But the Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimates that 40 million Americans have racked up an average of four loans with an outstanding net balance of $29,000 to obtain a college education.

During CPAC, Spyridon Mitsotakis of Breitbart News caught up with Katie Kieffer, author of “Let Me Be Clear.” The title turns Barack Obama’s famous catchphrase against him.

Even a CNN commentator is noticing that the Obama economy doesn’t look good for millennials. And if we’re going to fix a big problem that stands to ruin the hopes of an entire generation, we need to think about big solutions, not just finger-pointing.