Tag: Student loans

We need a HERO: Our plan to fix higher education

We need a HERO: Our plan to fix higher education

rep-ron-desantis, Mike Lee · December 15, 2017 5:01 am

According to the report, 58 private university presidents and 9 public university presidents made $1 million-plus in total compensation. (APFile Photo/Kevin German)

Skyrocketing university president salaries paid for by student debt

Brendan Pringle · December 13, 2017 8:34 pm

Democrats opposed the bill, arguing that the changes favor for-profit colleges and would make it harder for students to afford a four-year college degree. (iStock)

House panel marks up education funding bill

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2017 5:15 am

In the article, Bryan Caplan, a libertarian-leaning professor, decries higher education as "wasteful" and "irrelevant." (Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM)

Professor lashes out at valueless higher ed in liberal magazine

Brendan Pringle · December 11, 2017 7:33 pm

House Republicans and their counterparts in the Senate must sort out the differences between their two tax reform bills in order to meet the arbitrary Christmas deadline they set for themselves. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans race the clock to finish tax reform before Christmas

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2017 5:01 am

While this loophole has been around for years, rising college costs have driven an increasing number of students to change their marital status. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Red Alert Politics

Students are using marriage as a ‘green card’ for tuition

Brendan Pringle · December 6, 2017 7:32 pm

Senate Republicans successfully passed tax reform legislation late Friday night. It now heads to a likely conference with the House, which has scheduled to vote at 6:30 p.m. Monday to appoint conferees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tax reform bill passes: Senate Republicans get win in early Saturday vote

Joseph Lawler, Susan Ferrechio · December 2, 2017 6:51 am

Student loan defaulters deserve to keep their professional licenses

Red Alert Politics

Student loan defaulters deserve to keep their professional licenses

Michael Keck · November 28, 2017 8:44 pm

Food insecurity has become such a common issue among students in recent years that four campus-based organizations decided to conduct a survey during the spring of 2016. The survey found that 22 percent of students reported being hungry in the previous 30 days. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Red Alert Politics

Trend: Starving college students turn to food pantries

Brendan Pringle · November 28, 2017 2:06 pm

U.S. student debt is at an unprecedented $1.4 trillion. Recent studies show that approximately 70 percent of graduates leave school with a student loan debt averaging around $38,000. (iStock)

White House panel: Free speech, economic policy, and higher education reform have commonalities

Michael Keck · November 21, 2017 3:11 pm

Outgoing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray struck a secret deal with hedge fund manager Donald Uderitz regarding the collection of student loan debt, just the latest example of the sort of work Cordray has become known for at the CFPB. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Beltway Confidential

Richard Cordray, now on his way out the CFPB door, struck a shady deal on student loan debt

Shannon Watkins · November 21, 2017 5:01 am

A Harvard professor said that online education is far more cost-effective for students and as the demand for online courses increases, actual attendance at traditional universities will decrease. (iStock Photo)

Prediction: Half of all US colleges will be bankrupt in less than 10 years

Aubree Poole · November 20, 2017 5:27 pm