How For-Profit Schools Exploit Students: A Visual Primer

by Julianne Hing on April 7 2011, 11:33AM

Susie Cagle makes some jaw-dropping, hard to digest numbers simple.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Study: Only 37 Percent of Students Can Repay Loans on Time

by Julianne Hing on March 17 2011, 3:35PM

And with 15 percent of black college grads out of work, that number’s likely to go up.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Rep. Virginia Foxx to Lead GOP Attack on Higher Education

by Julianne Hing on January 7 2011, 11:58AM

The North Carolina Republican is opposed to loan reform and, apparently, graduation.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Controversial For-Profit Schools Attack Community Colleges

by Julianne Hing on October 13 2010, 2:46PM

After months of criticism, they’re not going down without a fight.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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For-Profit Schools Leave Students With Debt They Can’t Repay

by Julianne Hing on August 19 2010, 3:39PM

New Department of Education data has the numbers to prove it.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Americans Owe More In Student Loans Than Credit Cards

by Julianne Hing on August 11 2010, 9:13AM

Defaults are on the rise as well, and people of color are most likely to fall behind.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Latinos Key to Obama’s College Grad Goal, Administration Says

by Julianne Hing on August 9 2010, 6:58PM

President touts his victories in higher ed reform while Secretary Duncan talks up Latino efforts.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Federal Probe Catches For-Profit Schools Preying on Poor Students

by Julianne Hing on August 4 2010, 11:20AM

Recruiters asked GAO investigators posing as students to falsify financial aid documents.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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One In Five Default On Their Student Loans

by Julianne Hing on July 13 2010, 4:58PM

And students of color are more likely to have debt they can’t pay from for-profit, career schools.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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College Dreams Clouded by Debt, Students Look to Loan Reform

by Michelle Chen on November 14 2009, 9:18AM

What’s a college degree worth these days? Well, how much are you willing to pay? For many, the price of admission to higher education is crippling financial debt. Students of modest means are likely to run into even higher…

Topics: Schools & Youth

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