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Degrees Not Debt: Student loan debt affects students, parents and educators alike

Degrees Not Debt: Student loan debt affects students, parents and educators alike

Readers share their stories about student loan debt. Read More

Sen. Warren: Students should get the same deal as banks

Sen. Warren: Students should get the same deal as banks

Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposed that students should be able to borrow money for college at the same rate as big banks. Read More

Share your story: Degrees Not Debt

Share your story: Degrees Not Debt

Educators say community colleges need support, not cuts

Educators say community colleges need support, not cuts

Community colleges and their students may feel the negative impact of the coming sequester cuts. Read More

Colleges, universities join immigration reform movement for DREAMer students

Colleges, universities join immigration reform movement for DREAMer students

More than 75 higher education institutions held immigration reform events and rallies on campuses in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Read More

Affordable Care Act and Contingent Faculty: Get informed, get organized

Affordable Care Act and Contingent Faculty: Get informed, get organized

While many of the rules around the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) have yet to be written, and key pieces don’t actually go into effect until 2014, some public colleges and universities already are scrambling to avoid the cost of providing health benefits to more employees, as they fear may be required of them, or the possible penalties for not providing those benefits. Read More

Work study students struggle to remain in college as sequestration cuts kick in

Work study students struggle to remain in college as sequestration cuts kick in

Tens of thousands of work study students will have hours cut or be booted from the program entirely if Congress fails to reverse its reckless, $3 billion cuts in federal education spending. Read More

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