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Take Control of Student Loan Debt in 5 Ways
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By Equal Justice Works

March 27, 2013 Comment

As student debt levels — along with delinquencies and defaults — continue to rise, borrowers need to ask: "What can I do to keep my student loans manageable?"

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Examine Financial Picture as Law School Applications Decline
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By Equal Justice Works

March 20, 2013 Comment

In August, the Student Loan Ranger reviewed Brian Tamanaha's book "Failing Law Schools," focusing on his explanations for rising law school tuition and the implications for prospective students. A professor of law at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Tamanaha is well aware that rising tuition and declining job prospects have hit home for prospective law students, who are shying away from law school

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Explore the Role of Underemployment in the Student Debt Crisis
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By Equal Justice Works

March 13, 2013 Comment

There's been a lot of press recently about the un- and underemployment of college graduates, but the phenomenon is not limited to undergraduates.

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Explore the Sequester’s Effects on Higher Education Funding
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By Equal Justice Works

March 6, 2013 Comment

One question we're getting a lot at the Student Loan Ranger is how the sequester will affect student borrowers. Nobody knows for sure, but there are certain to be short-term consequences that will disproportionately hurt low-income students and there are likely to be long-term ones as well.

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Student Loan Ranger

Equal Justice Works® is a national nonprofit organization working to provide public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers and to reduce the financial barriers preventing many from pursuing and remaining in public service careers. It advocates for legislation to reduce the educational debt burden for all students and professionals and provides detailed information on educational debt relief programs to prospective and current students, graduates, schools, and employers. The organization's E-book, Take Control of Your Future: A Guide to Managing Your Student Debt, offers information and guidance ranging from borrowing to repayment and relief programs such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income-Based Repayment. Got a question? E-mail studentloanranger@usnews.com.