college expenses, student loan debt, student loan forgiveness

How the Loan Forgiveness Program Turned Into an Empty Promise

In 2007, the U.S. government enacted the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. People were promised that if they paid their loans back on time for 10 years and honestly pursued work, their remaining student debt would be wiped out. More than a decade later, the program has proven to be nothing but an empty promise. Loan ...

Armin Auctor

Hands holding $100 bills.

Parenting: Paying for College

According to the Student Loan Marketing Association, American families spent around US$26,226 on their kid’s college education in 2018-19. Around 79 percent of the parents in the study were willing to stretch themselves financially in order to fund the education of their children. Helping out with college “Few of today’s students can go to school ...

Raven Montmorency

Oregon University.