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Why it's so hard for students to have their debts forgiven

  • Written by Neal H. Hutchens, Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi
imageForgive me, for I have borrowed.Peg Hunter/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Outstanding student loan debt in the United States reached a record US$1.35 trillion in March, up six percent from a year earlier.

About 10 million people who borrowed from the government’s main student loan program – 43 percent – are currently behind or no longer making...

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