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NPR Topics: Education

• Grab A Notebook. We're Taking You Back To School
  NPR Tell Me More Producer Lee Hill unveils the program's back-to-school education series and rallies the audience to get involved.
  
  
• Expert: In U.S., Student Loans Trump Credit Card Debt
  Americans now owe more in student loan debt than they do for all credit card debt, according to a recent report published by the financial aid information website FinAid.org. Host Michel Martin talks to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the research, about why student loan debt has hit a record high
  
  
• Investment Group Wants Students To Rethink College Loans
  Forking out thousands of dollars for a college education has long been viewed as conventional wisdom when it comes to investing in career paths that bring stability and long-term financial security. But what if there were a different logic applied to financing a college education. Host Michel Martin talks to Neoga Leviner, who leads the investment group Lumni, about her organization of creative, non-traditional alternatives to paying for college.
  
  
• New College Teaches Young American Muslims
  Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.
  
  
• The First Day: What's Your Back To School Ritual?
  Students and parents often kick off each new school year with annual rituals -- buying new shoes, taking a last-minute trip, or picking out a shiny new lunchbox. Writer Sally Friedman shares three generations of back-to-school memories.
  
  

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