Tag: Student loans

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said that some for-profit colleges lure students into expensive educational programs that don't increase employability, while leaving graduates and dropouts with crushing debt. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for TIME)

Manhattan Moment: Don’t expect genuine reform from higher education

Judah Bellin · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

Student loan borrowers complain of repayment snags

Student loan borrowers complain of repayment snags

Kimberly Hefling · October 16, 2013 9:20 pm

Total student debt nearly doubled from 2007 to 2012 and now exceeds $1 trillion.

Manhattan Moment: Obama student loan plan won’t restrain tuition hikes

Judah Bellin · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

In this 2012 file photo, people are led on a tour on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Big student debt in unexpected places

Philip Elliott · September 11, 2013 4:00 am

According to statistics by U.S. News & World Report, the average student receiving financial aid at Harvard and Yale paid about a quarter of the sticker price and most graduates leave with smaller debt than peers who attended less prestigious schools. (AP/Elise Amendola)

Big student debt in unexpected places

Philip Elliott · September 10, 2013 4:00 am

Sunlight Fndn: There’s no summer vacation for education lobbying

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Chron of Higher Ed: Education Dept. releases draft language for new gainful-employment rule

Chron of Higher Ed: Education Dept. releases draft language for new gainful-employment rule

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Obama outlines affordable education plan in Scranton

Steve Doty · August 23, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about affordable college education during a town hall meeting at Binghamton University, Friday, Aug. 23, in Vestal, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

Obama: Law school should be two years, not three

Joseph Lawler · August 23, 2013 4:00 am

Obama wants to link new college ratings system to federal aid

Obama wants to link new college ratings system to federal aid

Brian Hughes · August 22, 2013 4:00 am

The measure would let all undergraduates borrow money at a 3.9 percent interest rate, while graduate students would pay 5.4 percent. (Thinkstock)

Congress passes bill to lower student loan rates

Sean Lengell · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

Just a handful of legislative days remain before Congress adjourns until after Labor Day, and while lawmakers are expected to finally clear a bill reducing federal student loan rates after months of partisan feuding, they will leave behind a hefty load of unfinished business that includes immigration reform, a farm bill and a funding bill need to avoid a government shutdown. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress to clear student loan bill, FBI director but not much else before leaving town

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2013 4:00 am