Report zeros in on grads' debt
Source: roanoke.com Posted By: Gigi D...5257 days ago
Today's college and university students are leaving school with larger debts than their predecessors and having a harder time finding jobs to be able to repay those loans, according to a report released this week by the California-based Institute for College Access and Success.
Over the four years the institute has tracked data, the average debt load of an American college graduate has increased by about 6 percent per year, according to the report titled "Student Debt and the Class of 2008."
Nationally,....