U.S. News & World Report – Kimberly Palmer
“This year’s class graduates with a record amount of debt. The Wall Street Journal reports that total student loan debt taken on by parents and students adds up to an average of $22,900, 8 percent higher than last year. But the Wall Street Journal says, education debt can help people get ahead, because ‘it endows people with economic advantages that the recession and slow recovery have only accentuated.’”(more)