The College Investor Mark Kantrowitz November 26, 2024 Key Points Shared Blame: The student loan crisis stems from rising college costs, inadequate government oversight, complex repayment systems, and borrowers’ lack of financial education. Disproportionate Impact: Low-income, first-generation, and minority students face the greatest challenges in repaying loans, with defaults most common among those who don’t complete their […]
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Cal Matters Mikhail Zinshteyn November 22, 2024 In summary Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all […]
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Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody November 27, 2024 Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon as education secretary came as a surprise to many in the education world, akin to a story line swerve befitting of […]
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Washington Examiner November 23, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and secretary of education nominee Linda McMahon have an enormous opportunity to reform higher education for the better. For decades, the higher education establishment has benefited from a firehose of taxpayer dollars through the Federal Student Aid program while imposing a brazenly anti-American political agenda onto generations of college students who are then […]
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