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Student Loan Debt Makes Millennials Miserable

Posted by Maica Pichler on May 10, 2014 at 2:30 PM

As of November 2014, Redeeming America's Promise is now named the Campaign for Free College Tuition. American Promise scholarships are now known as National Promise scholarships.

It’s not helping our economy either. Purdue University President and Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced the results of a March survey of more than 30,000 college graduates that showed “student debt hinders our national economy just as it hinders the individual life prospects of students who borrow too much of it. It is past time for leaders in higher education to go to work on restraining costs and making sure that our doors remain open to all students who meet our standards." 

 

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