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Harlem Art Students Design Special Edition Tote Bags
Ida Siegal reports.
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Department of Education Says Owners of Troubled Private Colleges Will Be on the Hook for Costs to Taxpayers
The U.S. Department of Education says it will hold the owners of certain colleges that closed or defrauded students accountable for taxpayer losses.
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California College Professor Sues Students After Midterm and Final Exams Are Posted Online
An assistant professor at Chapman University filed a federal lawsuit accusing at least one student of posting parts of his midterm and final exams online.
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Student Loan Delinquencies Could Return to Pre-Pandemic Rate When Payments Resume. What Borrowers Can Do Now
“Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows,” wrote Lowell Ricketts of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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Why Establishing Residency for In-State College Tuition Is So Challenging
State college may be a fraction of the cost of private schools but relocating to qualify for in-state tuition isn’t easy.
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Why Choosing Between Public and Private College Based on Tuition Can Be a Mistake
Deciding between your state college and a private institution should not come down to sticker price alone. Here’s why.
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Education Department Forgives $415 Million in Student Debt for Borrowers Who Attended For-Profit Schools
Nearly 16,000 student loan borrowers who attended for-profit schools will get their debts cleared, the U.S. Department of Education announced.
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Student Loan Debt Hurts the Mental Health of Most Borrowers, Survey Finds
Most borrowers, 62%, say student loan debt negatively affected their mental health, according to the Invest in You Student Loan Survey conducted by Momentive.
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Students Can Still Retain Lectures From Sped-Up Videos, UCLA Study Suggests
A new study from psychologists at UCLA suggests that while sped-up videos did not improve student learning comprehension, they did not put them far behind, either.
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Navient Settles Predatory Student Loan Claims for $1.85B
Navient, a major student loan servicing company, has settled allegations of abusive lending practices for $1.85 billion
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‘People Are Feeling the Pain': Parents Struggle With School Reopenings, Closures as Covid Spikes
It’s been a chaotic week for parents as students headed back to school during the latest Covid surge and winter storms.
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Student Loan Scams Increase When Payments Are Paused. What to Know
The continued pause of federal student loan debt and interest has led to some confusion and an uptick in scams. How to protect yourself from falling victim.
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NYC Schools Reopen Amid COVID Surge
New York City’s newly sworn-in mayor insisted Monday that schools will safely stay open for in-person learning despite an omicron-fueled surge in COVID-19 infections, saying administrative staffers would pinch-hit for absent teachers. Marc Santia reports.
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Schools Adapt for Return From Break as COVID-19 Cases Surge
Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them
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Biden Administration Extends the Student Loan Pause Through May 1—But Advocates Call for All Student Debt to Be Canceled
“Next, the Biden administration should permanently relieve this financial burden on families … to eliminate all federal student debt,” says The Debt Collective.
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More Than 60% of Voters Support Some Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
62% of voters support forgiving at least some student loan debt, according to a poll.
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Why Some Experts Say Biden Should Extend the Federal Student Loan Pause: ‘The Government Does Just Fine Without Our Money'
The nationwide pause on federal student loans could soon come to an end. Here’s why some experts say it’s too soon to restart those payments.
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Biden Appears Unlikely to Extend the Student Loan Pause—Here's How Borrowers Can Prepare Right Now
“41 million borrowers have benefitted from the extended student loan payment pause, but it expires February 1.”
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Concern Grows Over Violence at a Staten Island High School
Many say that the violence that has been happening at Wagner High School in Staten Island has gotten out of control.
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Just 50% of the College Class of 2020 Had Traditional Full-Time Jobs 6 Months After Graduation
“2020 graduates had the worst outcomes since we began tracking with the Class of 2014.”