I shared a variety of articles on student debt and financing education this month. Here they are, all in one place. You will find essential reading if you work in higher education and believe student success reaches beyond grades and graduation.

Senior citizens continue to bear burden of student loans

Student loan debt: Can these innovations save America’s workforce?

A Bank Account That Helps Pay Off Student Loans

Questions about tuition that goes toward scholarships

Chained to college debt

Rise in defaults renews “student debt bomb” warnings

Tensions escalate between Iowa private colleges and public universities in battle for state education dollars

Public university debt dips, but still up since 2009

Iowa State University will target rising student debt

Senator Harkin: Keep student debt interest low

Lawmakers Rethink Bankruptcy-Law Ban on Education Loans