As the nation’s student-loan debt surpasses the $1-trillion mark, alarming students, parents, and politicians, few are thinking about the effects it is having on people
Beginning July 1. After that date, students pursuing advanced degrees will no longer qualify for the in-school interest subsidy on Stafford loans. meaning they will now have to begin paying interest while in school.
The total debt borne by graduate students is expected to increase as about $125-billion in graduate-student borrowing is shifted from the subsidized to the unsubsidized program, costing students $18.1-billion over the next decade, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office.
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