via news5: Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student-loan debt for the historically black college’s graduating class. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” he told the newly minted graduates in […]
After paying off his own student loans, Christian rapper Dee-1 has helped five people do the same by making sure their student debts have been cleared. In a contest called “Pays to Repay,” the rapper who went to college and became a middle school teacher before pursuing music full time offered fans who attended college […]
America's Wealth Coach Deborah Owens has a few tips that will help you kick your student loan debt to the curb.
Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein explains why African-Americans should vote for her in the 2016 presidential election.
Jamie Grill/Getty Images The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has announced a new advocacy campaign, #InTheBlack. It provides tools and resources to support the need for knowledge about student loan repayment and overall financial literacy for Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students and parents. The Campaign will address the student loan debt repayment crisis, […]
Student loan debt is at an all time high — and it’s hitting African-American students the hardest. According to a study by the Brookings Institution, there are racial debt disparities in low-to-moderate income students. Black students leave college with an average debt of $27,000, while White students incur an average of $20,000. Student load debt facts: Black […]
Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower…
Wealth coach Deborah Owens joined Roland Martin Tuesday on “NewsOne Now” to share some very important information about saving for college. In this week’s installment of…
On Tuesday, Rep. Charles Rangel joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss President Barack Obama’s executive order to help millions of Americans lower their…
Ella Edwards, the mother of a college student who died in 2009 unexpectedly launched an online petition asking the loan company First Marblehead Corp to forgive a $10,000 student loan taken out by her son Jermaine Edwards, that she she could not afford to repay, Edwards, a 61-year-old who works part-time as a seamstress, had […]
Borrowers hoping to consolidate their student loans through a special program created by President Barack Obama last year have just until Saturday to apply. To much fanfare, Obama used executive authority in October to launch a short-term initiative to allow borrowers to consolidate multiple loans into a direct government loan — and to knock off […]
NEW YORK — Due to the recession and rising college fees, many female students are turning to older men with money or “sugar daddies” to help them pay their college loan debt. The article talks about the website, Seekingarrangement.com, which is home to “college tuition sugar daddies.” The pieces focuses on a young, New York […]
