Tag: Student loans

Students rallied through the heart of the campus Friday, calling on the college to join a national movement to offer more grants to low-income students so none have to rely on loans to attend Bates.

Student loan debt tops $1.4 trillion

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2018 2:00 pm

New graduates walk into the High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, N.J., Sunday, May 13, 2018. Family and friends watched as over 18,000 graduates received their degrees on Mother's Day.

Rep. Virginia Foxx: Honor the class of 2018 by giving their successors a better deal

Rep. Virginia Foxx · May 17, 2018 4:00 am

Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Mick Mulvaney shakes up CFPB, curbing student loan office

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2018 7:28 pm

Red Alert Politics

Millennials: All debt, no savings

John Patrick · April 9, 2018 6:44 pm

Colleges tend to be more focused on advancing social justice than career preparation, causing major gaps for employers.

Beltway Confidential

The cronies are going to college

Charles Sauer · April 6, 2018 4:24 am

Howard students take over building, demand university president’s ouster over financial aid scandal

Steven Nelson · March 31, 2018 9:22 pm

Ivanka Trump speaks during a Generation Next White House forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday.

Red Alert Politics

White House acknowledges college doesn’t prepare students for the workforce

Lauren Cooley · March 23, 2018 3:59 pm

The North Lawn of the White House is pictured above.

Red Alert Politics

WATCH: White House hosts ‘Generation Next’ forum

Lauren Cooley · March 22, 2018 4:22 pm

People travel to popular Spring Break destinations such as Mexico and Puerto Rico. (AP Photo)

Red Alert Politics

College students will use student loan money for spring break: Survey

John Patrick · March 16, 2018 8:02 pm

Charlie Javice is the founder and CEO of Frank, a firm set up to assist students with Free Application for Federal Student Aid filings.

Red Alert Politics

Online platform encourages students to ‘dream smart,’ helping vocational students

Brendan Pringle · March 12, 2018 4:06 pm

Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is expected to sign a Florida Higher Education bill that will eliminate free speech zones and expand scholarship credit for residents. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Florida is about to eliminate so-called ‘free speech zones’ on campus

Lauren Cooley · March 9, 2018 11:15 pm

A new survey found that 24 percent of individuals aged 18 to 30 with full-time jobs still get financial assistance from their parents when it comes to paying the bills. (iStock photo)

Survey: Nearly 1 in 4 millennials working full time still rely on their parents to pay bills

John Patrick · March 9, 2018 4:51 pm