Related Columns HONOLULU, June 29, 2013 — With Congress washing its collective hands on Stafford loan interest rates, many young Americans are concerned about the possibility of completing a higher education in today’s volatile economy. On Monday, interest rates for the subsidized Stafford loan will spike to 6.8 percent. Sadly, the path to a college degree has devolved over the years into one of the most difficult and heart-wrenching rites of passage for young people. America has made higher education less about profession and more about personhood, where high school seniors are under immense pressure to have letters of college acceptance before graduation lest they be labeled...
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