The Department of Education is expected to earn a record-breaking $51 billion in profit this year from student loan borrowers as a result of the Obama Administration’s student loan policies, a total that has the DOE out-earning the most profitable corporations in the country, earning criticism for using struggling students as a cash crop. The ...
A new survey by Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) has found that few college students give their schools high marks when it comes to handling sexual misconduct on their campuses, including incidences of harassment, assault, and rape. In the survey, which was conducted with 528 students from 47 states and the District of Columbia, ...
Yale University has been fined $165,000 by the Department of Education for failing to report “serious and numerous” sexual assaults, including forcible sex acts, in violation of the Clery Act. The incidences in question occurred in 2001 and 2002 and had been unreported by the administration, said a letter by Mary E. Gust, director of ...
Last week, the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced that it would begin an investigation of Occidental College in response to federal complaints that allege the school’s administration mismanaged several investigations of sexual assault on campus, improperly disciplining students found guilty of sexual misconduct, and creating an atmosphere of hostility for sexual assault survivors and ...
After unveiling a bill last week that would lower student loan interest rates to 0.75 percent, the same rate enjoyed by big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has also launched a petition on MoveOn.org in support of the legislation that has surpassed 300,000 signatures at the time of publication. The bill, which is Warren’s first, ...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has unveiled a bill that would lower student loan rates to the same level the Federal Reserve sets for big banks, dropping from the current level of 3.4 percent to 0.75 percent. The bill comes with less than two months left before student loan rates will double on July 1st, going ...
Following the announcement that Cooper Union would begin charging tuition for the first time in over a century, a group of students have staged a sit-in of the office of the college’s president, Jamshed Bharucha. The college had traditionally offered full-ride scholarships to all who attended as part of an initiative by college founder Peter ...
As public universities continue to raise tuition in order keep afloat, more students of private colleges are receiving record-breaking amounts of financial aid to help cover the expenses of college. According to a new study released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUB), financial aid at private college now covers approximately ...
The faculty of Occidental College passed a vote of “no confidence” for two of the college’s administrators in response to their handling of the sexual assaults on the school’s campus. The vote of no confidence follows the filing of a federal complaint against the school in April, which was signed by a group of 36 students, ...
In a sign that the economy’s recovery has begun to gain traction, the graduating class of 2013 will leave college with a higher starting salary on average than last year’s college graduates. The news comes from a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which predicts that the class of 2013 will ...
With graduation just around the corner and thousands of college seniors preparing to enter the workforce, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has released their latest survey of which majors chosen by the class of 2013 will net the highest average salaries. The survey was compilled with data from governmental and private sources, as well ...
Few things epitomize the current college generation more than the annual all-out war seen on campuses across the country called Humans vs. Zombies. But the college-wide game was shut down at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky this week after an apparent threat was made to a student by a local gang. For the uninitiated, Humans ...
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