Mar 22 2012

A costly lesson in student debt for young Americans – 34 percent of all student debt saddled to those under the age of 30. 47 percent of student loan borrowers appear to be in deferral or forbearance.

The student loan market has expanded like a financial virus in the last decade.  Even during the financial meltdown where credit was being restricted across all sectors of the economy, student debt kept on growing at a feverish pitch.  It would be one thing if the quality of education had increased or wages were going […]

Jan 31 2012

The law school bubble – At 50 law schools, 20% of the students are either unemployed, flunked out, or are unknown yet data does not show up in national rankings. Many more pass bar exam than actual job openings in legal field. Legal bubble is another tangent of the higher education bubble.

The higher education bubble has gotten a solid amount of press coverage in the last couple of years.  Even with student loan debt lurching towards the $1 trillion mark the higher education bubble train keeps moving along.  Part of this has to do with the odd financialization of higher education where things are so extreme […]

Jan 27 2012

The university of financialization – science and math graduates opt to go into the gambling fields of Wall Street banking instead of building productive jobs for society. Many non-tech majors choose lower paying fields while going into massive debt. Youth summer employment drops from 60 to 46 percent in last decade.

Going to college has always been a dream for many Americans.  Parents have high hopes for their children going to a good school and coming out with a degree that has made them more well rounded as citizens.  But this desire may not be coinciding with the marketing jargon that spews out from the industry.  […]

Jan 21 2012

The catastrophe of our economy for the young American worker. Average college debt higher than typical new automobile cost, annihilation of pensions, and younger Americans moving back home because of financial necessity.

The economy for young Americans might as well be in a parallel universe to the stock market run since early 2009.  Talks of recovery must fall on confused ears as many young college graduates compete for fewer jobs with higher amounts of student debt.  In the last decade college graduates have encountered the highest tuition […]

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