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Posted inHigher Education

Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner March 22, 2023March 21, 2023

Last month, when more than 200,000 students who had been victims of misconduct by their colleges began getting the news that their federal student loans were cancelled, Amanda Luciano felt a sense of satisfaction — and a pang of despair. This story also appeared in The Washington Post The students getting the good news had […]

Posted inHigher Education

When universities slap their names on for-profit coding boot camps

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

‘Wasted money’: How career training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz February 25, 2023February 28, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

Withholding college transcripts for loan payment is ‘abusive,’ federal agency says

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner October 1, 2022October 1, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

The unasked question about the student loan bailout: What’s colleges’ responsibility?

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 7, 2022September 8, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Many certificate programs don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep offering them anyway

by Lilah Burke April 30, 2022April 28, 2022
Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: My college helped save me so I can get a job saving others

by Mika Thibeaux and LaNetia Edwards January 5, 2022January 5, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

‘It’s a shell game’: How under-the-radar companies help for-profit colleges stay in business

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner November 15, 2021November 30, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Predatory for-profit colleges must be stopped. States should help make that happen

by Neal Hutchens and Frank Fernandez October 18, 2021October 13, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Profits grew while students were hurt by a law intended to protect them

by Billy L. Clark May 4, 2021May 10, 2021

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