As Student Debt Reaches Record High $27K, Half of Grads Underemployed

As Student Debt Reaches Record High $27K, Half of Grads Underemployed

What self-respecting parent would give their kid a credit card if they knew they were going to max it out and not be able to pay it back? Hopefully, no one. In fact, as a responsible parent you would probably teach your children the opposite habit--responsibility.

This paternal irresponsibility is what is occurring on a larger scale with the federal government and the student loan industry. President Obama has earned himself a failing grade in responsible parenting.

FICO released a new study that analyzed 10 million credit files to find trends within the student loan industry. The group concluded...