Ms. Calvo is hoping to work her way up to the assistant store-manager level, which would put her in a salaried position, and thinks she has made the prudent choice […]
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Back to news homeCorinthian Colleges Student Loans Will Be Forgiven, Education Dept. Says
They also uncovered an obscure clause in the law governing the loans: If borrowers were significantly misled by their school, they could ask the government to forgive their loans. Just […]
Student Loan Borrowers Got the Debt, but Not the Degree
“I had really good professors who were for the most part really understanding, but it was too much,” she said. “It was a tumultuous time.”Ms. Summers-Polite withdrew from her classes […]
7 Million Bad Student Loans With No Way Out, for Anyone
There are hidden costs, even when the government is able to collect the money.One of the department’s most successful — and draconian — collection mechanisms is the Treasury Offset Program, […]
Student Loan Borrowers Don’t Deserve ‘Forgiveness.’ They Deserve an Apology.
Still not convinced that the nation should ask debtors for absolution, and not the other way around? Consider the facts.First, there’s the Free Application for Financial Aid, or FAFSA, which […]
College-Educated Workers Help Unionize Places Like Starbucks
Over the past decade-and-a-half, many young, college-educated workers have faced a disturbing reality: that it was harder for them to reach the middle class than for previous generations. The change […]
Toronto’s Tech Industry Is Quietly Booming
“This is now a place to make a long-term bet — to build connections with the cluster of schools in the area and create a new pipeline for hiring,” said […]
6 Who Finally Got the Public Service Loan Forgiveness They Earned
When the Department of Education announced a plan to fix many hellish problems with its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, hundreds of thousands of beleaguered borrowers held their breath.Since 2007, […]
Early Decision Isn’t Binding. Let Us Explain.
Why doesn’t the Common App just say that?“We’ve reviewed as a team and agree with your point that it could be worded more clearly, so we’ll be discussing internally about […]
Can a Machine Learn Morality?
Researchers at an artificial intelligence lab in Seattle called the Allen Institute for AI unveiled new technology last month that was designed to make moral judgments. They called it Delphi, […]