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Infographic: Is Higher Education the Next Big Bubble?

Infographic from www.economywatch.com

Getting into a good university is not an easy feat. Securing a job upon graduation, in the current economic climate, is not easy too. However, the biggest challenge for most university graduates is paying off their education loan. It may sound preposterous that some have called higher education the next big bubble. Hardly surprising: The sum of student debt stands higher than credit card debt across the United States.

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Occupy Student Debt – Refuse to Pay

Occupy Student Debt – Refuse to Pay

I am very excited to see this movement. There is so much student debt in the US at the moment that even if a fraction of the students came together to stop paying their student debt it would have a huge effect on the economy. Those in debt actually have a huge power here and they are finally wising ...

American Dream is American Nightmare for College Grads

American Dream is American Nightmare for College Grads

Recently I got a comment on my post about the Student Loan Swindle from a very creative and interesting thinker who is living through this very situation herself. She has been homeless as a result and yet she has realised this is a bigger issue that many people are facing. Instead of accepting the c ...

The Student Loan Swindle

The Student Loan Swindle

It was announced last summer that total student loan debt, at $830 billion, now exceeds total US credit card debt! What about organizing a collective action to withhold loan payment for one month to send a message to the banks? I recently read the book The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppresiv ...

Ubuntu = No More Student Debt?

Ubuntu = No More Student Debt?

I consider myself extremely fortunate to be living in Vancouver, BC for many reasons, but one of the main ones is the extremely active Ubuntu group here. Some of you may have noticed in my last post about Ubuntu that after I installed the latest release called Karmic Koala, I immediately got a warni ...