Comments on: Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe Misses A Few Key Issues on Student Loans http://www.secretlyironic.com/?p=1975 Neither secret, nor ironic, nor an empire Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: verbal http://www.secretlyironic.com/?p=1975&cpage=1#comment-61862 verbal Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:32:45 +0000 http://www.secretlyironic.com/?p=1975#comment-61862 Actually, I believe that Parent PLUS loans are forgiven in the event of the death of either student or parent. The real issue is the combination of college costs rising too much, and federal-loan amounts not meeting those needs, and the debate over the proper role of private lenders in education financing. And it annoys me that Cullen doesn't get to any of that. He doesn't manage to make the article universal or explain how the case of one family's tragedy affects all of us. Actually, I believe that Parent PLUS loans are forgiven in the event of the death of either student or parent.

The real issue is the combination of college costs rising too much, and federal-loan amounts not meeting those needs, and the debate over the proper role of private lenders in education financing.

And it annoys me that Cullen doesn’t get to any of that. He doesn’t manage to make the article universal or explain how the case of one family’s tragedy affects all of us.

]]> By: collegeloanconsultant http://www.secretlyironic.com/?p=1975&cpage=1#comment-61847 collegeloanconsultant Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:24:47 +0000 http://www.secretlyironic.com/?p=1975#comment-61847 The real irony is that if the parents had taken out a federal Parent PLUS loan instead of cosigning a private loan, they would be in the same boat right now, since that would be <em>their</em> loan, not their son's. <a>Parent college loans</a> The real irony is that if the parents had taken out a federal Parent PLUS loan instead of cosigning a private loan, they would be in the same boat right now, since that would be their loan, not their son’s.

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