By Stefanie Botelho. The Obama Administration announced it will begin providing Pell grants to federal prisoners, effectively overturning a 1994 ban on the practice. While overturning the ban requires Congressional action, the administration is circumventing Congress by designating the plan a “pilot program.” More...
By Stefanie Botelho. As student debt continues to climb across the country, state officials and institutions in Indiana are taking steps to help student figure out how to best manage their loans. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The rising economic toll of attending college has pushed many Americans to rebel against what has quickly become a status quo of massive student debt. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Whatever you call them, these new players in higher education are multiplying. The intensive programs say they can teach job-ready skills in technology, design and related fields. In record time. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The Department of Education has agreed to suspend all judicial actions to collect on student loan debt from former Corinthian College students for 120 days, the student committee announced Monday. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. College is expensive, and the price of higher education continues to rise. Degrees are not cheap, folks.
This month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study that revealed that since the government started giving out larger student loans and grants during the 2007-08 school year, colleges have raised tuition. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Kindsey Pierce hopes to grow her Tipton County farm from 75 sheep to more than 300.
But doing that, while paying off her $40,000 in student loans, is a challenge. More...
By . There were a surprising number of announcements relating to higher education in George Osborne’s budget this week. One of the most controversial was the announcement that university maintenance grants for lower-income students in England and Wales are to be scrapped from September 2016 and replaced with loans. More...
By and . When HECS (HELP) was introduced in 1989 it applied only to undergraduates in public sector universities. It has now spread in Australia to cover post-graduates, private universities and some tertiary courses, many TAFE diploma courses and even apprenticeship wage top-ups. More...By . Americans owed nearly US$1.2 trillion in student loan debt as of March 2015, more than three times the amount of debt from just a decade ago. Part of this increase in debt is due to more students attending college, but part can also be attributed to just the borrower holding more debt. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
