Made in America: Memorial Day
Let this year’s Memorial Day be one full of union-made food and drink.
Posted Friday, May 24, 2013 in Staff Blaahg by Lydia Fiser
New Rules for Student-Aid Programs? Here’s What You Need to Know
Tuesday’s hearing was the first of four the Education Department will hold this month to solicit feedback in advance of a negotiated-rule-making session on fraud in the student-aid programs. The negotiations are slated to begin in the fall, with final rules taking effect in 2015.
Posted Friday, May 24, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Dear Columbia Graduate School of Journalism,
We could have been great. But you, simply, are not a cheap date.
Posted Friday, May 24, 2013 in Journalism Network
Despite Obama Veto Threat, Student Loan Bill Passes The House
House passes “simple” solution that would prevent the Stafford student loan interest rates from doubling in July, but at what cost to the millions of low- to middle-income students and families that depend on the federal loans?
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Thanks to Boy Scouts’ Decision, This is What a Den Mother Has to Tell Her Kids
The Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) vote today approved a new resolution, and the organization will now allow for openly gay scouts, but there is a caveat.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Anya Callahan
Whether You’re A Student, Graduate, Or Neither, These Congressional Decisions Will Affect Your Life
Student debt is intrinsically connected to the U.S. economy, and Congress’ decisions on how to handle both current and future debt will have far reaching effects.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Lydia Fiser
Med Students Sick From Student Debt Malady
Student loan debt makes medical school an even more burdensome commitment and jeopardizes the future of health care in the U.S.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Molly Savard
What Young Immigrants Have to Say About The Senate’s Immigration Bill
The dreams of millions of undocumented citizens may be steps closer to being met after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a measure late Tuesday evening that will allow a bipartisan immigration reform bill to head to the floor of the Senate in June.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Anna Perina
Just How Strong Immigration Enforcement Is Now
See the real numbers behind deportations, government spending and undocumented criminal activity.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Candice Bernd
Teaching Consent: When Is it Too Early to Talk Sex, Boundaries and Bodies?
In our continuing series on consent-based education, we highlight ways it’s presented to children and how high school teachers navigate literature that references sexuality.
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Pauline Holdsworth
Obama Threatens To Veto House Republican’s Student Loan Bill
A statement released by the administration calls House Republican John Kline’s student loan bill the “wrong approach.”
Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Struggling Homeowners, Low-Wage Workers Protest in D.C.
This week, the streets of Washington, DC were full of people who’d had enough.
Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Emily Crockett
Coast To Coast, College Sexual Assault Survivors See Gains
Yale University faces a fine of $165,000 for multiple violations of the Clery Act, while Occidental College has become the subject of a DOE Office of Civil Rights investigation.
Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Jenn Nowicki
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Young Adults
Under the Affordable Care Act, health care plans will include benefits such as prescription drugs, maternity care, and mental-health care, which most nongroup plans exclude today.
Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Maura Calsyn and Lindsay Rosenthal
Being Gay and Catholic
You don’t always have to give up one part of you to keep the other.
Posted Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Grace Tatter
A Stronger Middle Class Leads to More Investment in Postsecondary Education
State spending on colleges and universities has dropped off sharply in recent years. Most people blame the Great Recession and its effect on state budgets for this decline, but this misses the larger story.
Posted Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Reprints by David Madland and Nick Bunker
Craving a Psychological Thriller? Go No Further Than Your Student Loan Bill [Film Review]
A new short film shows that student debt is scary—horror film scary.
Posted Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Video / Multimedia by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
House Proposes ‘Simple’ Solution to Student Loan Rate-Hike
According to some lawmakers, students should be the ones to bear the brunt of the government’s budget crisis.
Posted Monday, May 20, 2013 by Emma Weinstein-Levey
Student Loan Refinancing Bill to Be Unveiled This Week
And how it will impact you…
Posted Monday, May 20, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
Not About That Dorm Life This Fall? How You Can Own Your Own Home (Kinda)
Housing cooperatives aim to put students in the driver’s seat.
Posted Monday, May 20, 2013 by Chris Lewis
