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Published April 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

Student debt


In this September 1, 2009 file photograph, foot traffic on the University of Illinois campus. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has proposed legislation that would allow people who borrow money for college to discharge private educational loans in bankruptcy, though government loans would have to be repaid. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Read the article: Student loan debt could threaten economic stability