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  • Students Left in Crushing Debt as For-Profit College Empire Collapses
    November 13, 2015
    | Mark Karlin
    Now taxpayers may have to foot the bill. But whats to keep it from happening again?
  • The Student Debt Time Bomb
    March 13, 2015
    | Chuck Collins
    As young Americans' response to the student debt crisis gains momentum, it's time for lawmakers to make some changes.
  • Free College Plan Will Help, Not Hurt, Low-Income Students
    February 25, 2015
    | Sara Goldrick-Rab
    Critics want a tuition plan that focuses solely on low-income students. Obama's plan is broader than that, but does provide the greatest benefit to those who need it most.
  • Maxwell John Love: Make Public Higher Education Completely Free
    January 21, 2015
    | Maxwell John Love
    Last night in his State of the Union address, the president said the words ‘free’ and ‘college’ in the same sentence. The administration’s proposal is a big deal. Here's why.
  • When the Well Educated Middle Class Joins the Working Poor
    December 19, 2014
    "Not all my restaurant co-workers are college dropouts. Many have bachelor’s degrees; others have real estate licenses, freelancing projects or extraordinary musical and artistic abilities."
  • Koch Proposal: Teach Our Curriculum, Get Millions
    September 12, 2014
    | Dave Levinthal
    Documents show that the Koch brothers sought control over hiring at Florida State.
  • The Senators Who Voted Millionaires Over Students
    June 17, 2014
    | Derek Pugh
    These legislators sided last week with 22,000 millionaires over 40 million Americans with student debt.
  • Beyond Neoliberal Miseducation
    March 20, 2014
    | Henry Giroux
    Higher education is being defunded as part of a larger scheme to dismantle and privatize all public services, goods and spheres.
  • On ‘Country Club' Campuses
    November 21, 2013
    | Marian Wang
    Mark Garland is the ex-president of a public university in Ohio. He shares his second thoughts on some of the decisions he made at Miami University.
  • For-Profit Colleges Thrive, Veterans Suffer
    September 19, 2013
    | Ben Cohen & Edward Erikson
    For-profit colleges are using lobbying muscle and campaign contributions to tip the scales in their favor while students and veterans suffer and taxpayers foot the bill.


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