Tag: Student loans

Trump said, "we're going to do refinancing for people who have loans who literally can't do anything." (AP Photo/Matthew Holst)

Trump: To make college affordable, ‘we have to start some governmental program’

Gabby Morrongiello · November 19, 2015 11:43 pm

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday that the total U.S. student debt eclipsed the $1.2 trillion mark in the third quarter of 2015.Â (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Student loan debt eclipses $1.2 trillion

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2015 4:00 pm

Republican candidate for Congress Rick Saccone (pictured right) and his wife, Yong, join a rally to support Martin Palla and gun rights on April 22 in the courtyard of the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, Pa.

Democrats’ war on youth

W. James Antle III · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

Future graduates line up for commencement on campus of Yale University

GOP targets Harvard-sized college endowments

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 4:01 am

Bernie Sanders, Economic Illiterate

Mark Hemingway · October 15, 2015 8:07 pm

The report casts private servicers like Navient, Genesis Lending and Wells Fargo in a negative light. (Bloomberg/Patrick T. Fallon)

The companies collecting $370B in student loans don’t help students

Joseph Lawler · October 14, 2015 10:07 pm

Several statistics suggested indicate a problem with endowments and compensation for university officials.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP eyes ending tax breaks for university endowments

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2015 5:40 pm

Schools can get their default rates adjusted through an appeals process to the department. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Republicans turn a skeptical eye on effects of federal college aid

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2015 4:01 am

There are now 41 million student borrowers collectively owing more than $1.2 trillion.Â (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

‘Widespread failures’ prompt feds to eye overhaul of $1.2t student loan market

Joseph Lawler · September 29, 2015 8:16 pm

Every time non-inventions are given a patent it drives up prices to consumers.Â

Patent law is now tilted toward stifling innovation, not boosting it

Washington Examiner Staff · September 28, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama makes a face as he speaks about his daughter Malia Obama beginning her senior year in high school. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Warren, Mich., Obama announced new steps to expand apprenticeships and a push to make community college free for responsible students. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Community colleges not ready for ‘free’ college

Joseph Lawler · September 24, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama touts new Education Department college scorecard

Nicole Duran · September 12, 2015 2:59 pm