Why Student Debt Is Worsening For College Graduates

WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's $1.2 trillion in student debt is having consequences in far-reaching ways. College dropouts and students who borrowed to attend for-profit colleges are at risk of default. Many Generation X parents - ages 35 to 50 - are still repaying their debt even as their children prepare to enter college and begin a second generation of family debt. Some millennials are delaying marriage and home ownership until their loans become less burdensome. Three trends show how the press...