Seeking Testimonials: Single, Recently Divorced, or Unhappily Married Women

Are you a single, recently divorced woman who is struggling to pay back your students loans? Or perhaps you are miserable and married, but feel stuck because of your debt?

Seeking interviews with women of all ages who are in these situations.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that request will be honored.

Contact me at: ccrynjohannsen@gmail.com.

-Cryn
Founder & Executive Dir.
All Education Matters

Quick Thought

More people are defaulting than ever and student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion. Despite this evidence, and other troubling facts, many insist that we're not experiencing a full-blown student lending crisis. I am at a loss for words.

Questions For Readers

Has the so-called Great Recession, along with having crippling student loan debt, hardened you? Has it made you appreciate the smaller things in life, or do you find yourself consumed by fear about your future, and incapable of seeing the nice things that life has to offer on a day-to-day basis?

When you think about your future, right now, what does it look like? Is it bleak? Is there possibility? Or is it a mixture of emotions? How much do you think this outlook has been affected by your student loan debt?

SpareChange: Are There Viable Possibilities Now for Student Loan Reform?

Thanks to Spare Change News for inviting me to write an op-ed after the election results. This piece offers 9 solutions to solving the student lending crisis (mind you, that's the short list).

Here's the piece in its entirety, and below is a snippet:

It’s hard to avoid the clichéd statement—and every pundit has been saying it over and over again—this was truly an historic election. Not only was President Barack Obama re-elected, but a number of very progressive candidates, such as Elizabeth Warren, seized seats in Congress as well. It seems clear: the values of the American public are changing.

When it comes to people who are struggling or unable to pay off their student loans, Warren’s win is significant for several reasons. First, Warren is not a fan of student lenders. She was also behind the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is now working in earnest on issues relating to the student lending crisis. Moreover, Warren once said, “Student loan debt collectors have power that would make mobsters envious.” While Warren is a freshman senator, she is joining several colleagues who are genuinely concerned about Americans who are struggling or unable to pay off their student loans. If she, along with Senators Brown (D-OH), Harkin (D-IA), and others, can garner bipartisan support for legislation that will bring relief of some sort to distressed or defaulted borrowers, the indentured educated class might just see actual results in the coming years.

Four Years of College, and What Do You Get? A Crappy Job and a Load of Debt

A great song by Ben Grosscup about what happens when you go to college, graduate, and then wind up indebted with a terrible job.

What do you think about this song? Does it resonate? Why or why not?