Student Loan debt

DOE wants to modernize the student loan program but mucks up the planning process

Like a repentant boozer who promises to give up drinking, the Department of Education pledged to modernize its neanderthal student...

DOE plays Whack-a-Mole with the Student Loan Program: Not a safety net but a noose

According to Techopedia, the term “whack-a-mole” describes a process "where a pervasive problem keeps recurring after it is supposedly fixed."That's...

Color Me Cynical. Department of Education Statement Out of Touch on Loan Forgiveness. Essay by Steve Rhode

by Steve RhodeCan we be honest for a minute?The entire issue of forgiving student loans with a one-time approach is...

Elderly Student-Loan Defaulters Will See Their Social Security Checks Garnished When Pause on Student Loan Payments Ends

In response to the COVID pandemic, the Department of Education stopped garnishing the Social Security checks of elderly student-loan defaulters...

Federal Reserve says student-loan delinquencies will go up if Biden's loan forgiveness plan is scrapped

Last August, President Biden announced his plan to forgive between $10,000 and $20,000 in student debt to individuals who make...

'Is Harvard turning into a huge joke?' Grade inflation is a product of laziness

Brad Polumbo recently posted an essay in the Washington Examiner titled "Is Harvard turning into a huge joke?" Polumbo focused...

Sam Bankman-Fried and the Crypto Scandal: Lessons for Average Americans

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, was once worth billions of dollars. Today he is sitting in a...

"Let's all pretend we couldn't see it coming" (The US Working-Class Depression) by Dahn Shaulis

How is the working-class Depression of 2020 similar to the other 47 financial downturns in US history? Downturns are frequently...

Cazenovia College is closing: Who cares?

Cazenovia College is closing at the end of the spring semester. According to Inside Higher Ed, the college missed a...

Educational Loan Requirements

Everyone has the desire to study in a foreign country. Students are enticed to leave their homes abroad by various...

Education Loan in Canada

Canada is often ranked as one of the top five study-abroad destinations worldwide. Many students from other countries now choose...

Tears and Regret: More than half the people who attended a for-profit college wish they'd studied at a different institution

"If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets," Ronnie Milsap sang in a classic country song, "I'd be a...