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Shalersville, Richfield towers are links to 1949 cross-country marathon
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Zips' Porter creates culture of success
Health reform passes hurdle in Senate
Lawyers compare four cases to Prade's
Visiting new Navy ship brings back memories for Doylestown man serves on USS New York in 1930s
Green High senior goes extra mile for those who walk and jog the park trails
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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Browns' roster nearly devoid of consistent players
Does it work? Test team returns to try out new products advertised on television
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …
Akron Zips:
Akron trounces Howard to reach .500
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
POSTED: 07:05 a.m. EDT, Apr 13, 2008
- The portion of new college graduates with student loans grew from less than 50 percent to 66 percent over 10 years.
- The average outstanding student-loan debt, at time of graduation, grew 58 percent after adjustment for inflation to $19,200, over 10 years.
- One in four graduating seniors had more than $25,000 in debt. 15 percent of parents of graduating seniors had taken out an average $17,709 in federal loans. (Applies only to students claimed as dependents.)
Source: National Project on Student Loan Debt (2004 statistics)
- The portion of new college graduates with student loans grew from less than 50 percent to 66 percent over 10 years.
- The average outstanding student-loan debt, at time of graduation, grew 58 percent after adjustment for inflation to $19,200, over 10 years.
- One in four graduating seniors had more than $25,000 in debt. 15 percent of parents of graduating seniors had taken out an average $17,709 in federal loans. (Applies only to students claimed as dependents.)
Source: National Project on Student Loan Debt (2004 statistics)
