This is the first article in a three-part series by Kimberly Green about the nation’s ever-rising student debt levels. The second and third entries will look at student debt from a historical perspective and explore some of the potential consequences of the debt crisis, respectively. As college costs spiral upwards, unpaid student debt has reached a record high of $1 …

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Unemployment and high prices face today’s young people, writes Laura Vincent, 23, a Correspondent from Stratford-upon-Avon in England, who describes the struggle to cope with student debt and start a career.  Is our generation doomed? I agree that that is rather morbid and pessimistic rhetoric to begin with, but what better? According to research by …

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