Campus Progress

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

Love Triangles With a Side of Sex-Ed: Welcome to “East Los High”

The Hulu Exlusive show features an all-Latino cast, and it’s working with sexual health and Latino advocacy organizations to further a conversation about sex education and young motherhood.

Posted Monday, May 20, 2013 by Pauline Holdsworth

NWL: ‘Old Enough to Get Pregnant, Old Enough to Decide’

National Women’s Liberation organized actions across the country last week to push for universal, over-the-counter availability of Plan B.

Posted Monday, May 20, 2013 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Samantha Schuyler

Mass Shootings on the Rise, Even As Violent Crime Falls

The public is not generally aware that rates of gun homicide have fallen, but their interest in high-profile massacres may be justified by new criminological research.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jon Christian

With No Clear Trend in Youth Vote, A Challenge Awaits Progressives

Far fewer young people came out to vote during the 2012 election than previously estimated, according to new analysis by Tufts University.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jon Christian

How This North Carolina Bill Will Restrict Health Care for Minors

“Everybody believes that teenagers who can talk to their parents fare better, that the outcomes are much better,” said a Planned Parenthood representative. “But this bill is not going to force the families that are not healthy to be healthy.”

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jenn Nowicki

Why You Can’t Plan on Using Just Financial Aid to Pay For These Schools This Fall

Claremont McKenna College announced it will drop its no-loan policy, shifting the financial burden of higher ed back to students.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Anya Callahan

Divestment: Not Just for Fossil Fuel

This student publication at UC–Berkeley reminds us economic power doesn’t see boundaries, and why student journalism is essential for the future of our country.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 in Journalism Network by Lydia Fiser

You Won’t Believe Which Government Policy Is More Profitable Than Exxon

The Obama administration is expected to gain a $51 billion profit this year from returns on student loans, a sum bigger than the what the nation’s most profitable company earned this year.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Candice Bernd