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Thinking About Debt Relief
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asks for suggestions on how borrowers might refinance private student loans.
Retaliation Claim Reinstated
In reversal, a federal appeals panel rules a lower court erred in dismissing a Hofstra University graduate student's retaliation lawsuit.
Crossing a Line
Community college moves to fire math professor after finding that she pressured students to back Obama re-election.
‘A Blunt Instrument’
Advocates for liberal arts education worry that White House’s new College Scorecard oversimplifies the college-selection process and places too much emphasis on financial aspects of the decision.
Cracks in the Leadership
Anonymous document-leak site at Gustavus Adolphus helps the faculty air grievances about the president and highlights how technology shifts debates between faculty members and administrators.
No Pell Shortfall for 2014
Newly released estimates from the Congressional Budget Office say the Pell Grant is on better fiscal footing than expected, postponing the funding crisis.
'They Came for the For-Profits'
Representative Virginia Foxx uses allusion to the Holocaust to criticize private college presidents for not defending for-profit institutions against regulations.
The Return of the Sequester
Mandatory budget cuts are scheduled to take effect March 1. This time, colleges fear it might actually happen, but have little idea how the cuts would be applied.