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When Students Talk to Sallie Mae
Students rallied to protest Sallie Mae’s annual shareholder meeting—and a few actually got in.
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2013 by Emily Crockett
What Would the Student-Loan Interest Rate Increase Mean for Your State?
How will YOU be affected? See our state-by-state analysis here.
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2013 by Brian Stewart & Abraham White
Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story
Tell us why keeping the interest rate on student loans low is important to you, or how letting the interest rate double would impact you!
Posted Monday, June 3, 2013
‘Savage’ Sex and Politics [BOOK REVIEW]
In his new book, Dan Savage turns sex advice into politics, and vice versa.
Posted Monday, June 3, 2013 in Reviews by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Obama Urges Student Loan Borrowers To Push For Steady Interest Rates
President Obama urges young people to keep the pressure on Congress to prevent the Stafford loan rates from doubling July 1.
Posted Monday, June 3, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
How Do Undocumented Youth Pay for College?
More than 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school every year, but only 5 to 10 percent attend college, due to the costs of higher education.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 in Reporting by Anna Perina
Yes, You Can Go To College and Not End Up With Crushing Debt
To address student debt, a bold idea from the Education Trust: revamp the entire financial aid system to reroute tuition aid to student from middle- to low-income families.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 in Opinions by Michael Dannenberg and Mary Nguyen
When Student Debt Becomes A Life-Long Haunt
Education debt impacts older generations of borrowers, too.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 by Emily Crockett
How Newtown Students Are Taking Action to Prevent Future Shootings
Students at Newtown High lend their voice—and letters—in efforts to move Congress to curb gun violence
Posted Thursday, May 30, 2013 by Marc Peters
Filling the Gaps in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Though this year’s version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been raising concerns about its faith-based exceptions, advocates see potential for progress in voluntary company action and cultural change.
Posted Thursday, May 30, 2013 by Pauline Holdsworth
Student Debt: Bad for Teachers, Bad for Kids
Low wages and high debt are a drag not just on teachers, but on the entire education system.
Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Chris Lewis
At Commencement, How Obama Got it Wrong on Race
While the Obamas opened lines of communication to young black grads during their commencement speeches at Morehouse and Bowie State Universities, they also revisited some troubling and tired rhetoric.
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Opinions by Bridget Todd
Proposals to Bring Student Loan Interest Rates Under Control
Interest rates on federal subsidized Stafford student loans are set to double July 1 from 3.4. percent to 6.8 percent. See how the various short- and long-term proposals to prevent the hike compare.
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Tobin Van Ostern with David A. Bergeron
The Affordable Care Act and LGBT Families: Everything You Need to Know
This guide will help LGBTQ couples and parents understand how the ACA benefits LGBT people and their families.
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Heron Greenesmith, Andrew Cray, and Kellan Baker
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
