Some Student Loans to Become More Expensive Despite Deal

College students are facing a roughly $20 billion increase in the cost of their federal loans, despite a much-heralded deal in Washington to contain the expense of higher education. Starting Sunday, [graduate] students ... will become responsible for paying the interest on their federal loans while they are in school and immediately after they graduate. Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post, June 27, 2012