Truthout
Higher Education
For-Profit Colleges Are Reinventing Themselves to Profit Off Low-Income Students
For-profit schools recruit veterans and low-income students on social media with false promises of lucrative careers.
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The People vs. The Student Loan Industry
Trump is gutting the few protections student borrowers have, even as the largest student loan servicer faces a lawsuit.
Penn State University Wages Union-Busting Campaign Against Its Own Graduate Students
Penn State graduate assistants may be “students first” but they work 40 to 60 hours a week and have a right to unionize.
The Student Debt Crisis Is Exploding
Student loan debt has grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt in this nation.
Economic Update: US Labor Unions of the Past, Present and Future
This week's episode discusses the United Airlines flier abuse, New York Gov. Cuomo's flawed tuition plan and more.
The Myth About College Degrees
Does a college degree boost earnings and reduce unemployment?
Right-Wing Billionaires Are Funding a Cynical Plot to Destroy Dissent and Protest in Colleges Across the US
A multimillion-dollar campaign to stifle protest in universities.
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How Scholarship Websites Sell Students’ Information to Colleges and Publishers
The tradeoff, companies say? Those students could win money to pay for college.
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In a Rust Belt Town Where Tuition Is Covered, Economy Begins to Revive
After Kalamazoo, Michigan, offered college tuition for nearly all high school graduates, dropout rates declined and the city's population began to rebound.
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The Best Education Our Money Can Buy
Taxpayers are subsidizing the private universities that service America's rich.