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	<title>Pew Social &#38; Demographic Trends &#187; Student Loans</title>
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		<title>A Record One-in-Five Households Now Owe Student Loan Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Fry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About one out of five (19%) of the nation’s households owed student debt in 2010, more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007. A record 40% of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owed student debt in 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Women See Value and Benefits of College; Men Lag on Both Fronts, Survey Finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Wang  and Kim Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when women surpass men by record numbers in college enrollment and completion, they also have a more positive view than men about the value higher education provides.]]></description>
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		<title>Is College Worth It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[College costs are rising, student debt is mounting, and most Americans say college fails to deliver good value for the money. Meantime, only 19% of college presidents say the U.S. system is the best in the world.  However, more than eight-in-ten college graduates say college was a good investment for them personally.]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive: The Value of College</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 23:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These interactive charts explore the attitudes of the public and of college presidents about the value, cost, quality, mission and payoff of higher education. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of College Student Borrowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Hinze-Pifer  and Richard Fry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in 2008 borrowed 50% more than their counterparts who graduated in 1996, while graduates who earned an associate’s degree or undergraduate certificate in 2008 borrowed more than twice what their counterparts in 1996 had borrowed.]]></description>
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