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Student Debt
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New Warren Bill Addresses Student Debt Emergency
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to introduce a bill that would allow graduates to refinance their loans at lower rates.
The Ivory Cage and the Ghosts of Academe: Labor and Struggle in the Edu-Factory
The energy dedicated to the university by students, staff and the public is harnessed to reproduce a hierarchical, commercialized, debt-driven institution.
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How George W. Bush Screwed This Generation of College Students
Every kid in the US could have a free public college education right now if George W. Bush hadn't been such a war monger.
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As Parents Struggle To Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand To Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: College Students Are Increasingly Turning to Food Banks, and More
All around the world, people are talking about a basic minimum income, and what they're saying makes a lot of economic sense. To ensure everyone has a sense of …
Are Tuition Breaks Enough To Combat High Student Debt and Low Graduation Rates?
The University of Baltimore's Peter Toran and UC-Santa Barbara graduate student Samir Sonti discuss UB's plan to offer students a free final semester of tuition, and agree that federal …
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The Cancer Stage of Reaganomics
Our young people are drowning in a sea of debt, and it all started with Reaganomics.
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How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box?
State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible for Increases in Tuition Costs
Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.
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Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It.
It would cost less for the government to make all public universities tuition-free than what the government already spends in higher education.