By Carol H Cox
Are you a 
parent or grandparent considering co-signing on or taking out a student loan for your child or grandchild? Well, you may first want to read a new study on this matter.
In January of 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a sobering study called “Snapshot of Older Consumers and Student Loan Debt.” (In the study, “older consumers” are categorized as those being age 60 and older.) Between 2005 and 2015 the number of older consumers carrying student loan debt, meaning either co-signing on or taking out student loans directly, has increased by a factor of four, to 2.8 million Americans. These older consumers are responsible for a total of $66.7 billion of student loan debt, including federal Parent PLUS loans and private student loans.
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