Fostering Lifelong Learning Through Discounts Fostering Lifelong Learning Through Discounts
Of the 17 million college students in the United States, more than half a million of these students are over the age of 50. More and more schools are offering discounts and tuition...
Aug 10, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault
GAO Finds Massive Fraud at For-Profit Colleges GAO Finds Massive Fraud at For-Profit Colleges
The question remains what will be done about the practices exposed by the GAO report.
Aug 5, 2010 / StudentNation / George Warner
Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities
One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.
Aug 4, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red Credit Unions Help Students See the Light, Not the Red
How does a student afford mandatory expenses for college without graduating $5,000 or more in the red? Consider credit unions, instead of credit card companies.
Aug 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault
StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment
In a society where a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma and a master’s degree is the new bachelor’s, the issue of college affordability is a common ...
Jul 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault
Pressured by Students, Nike Agrees to Help Workers in Honduras Pressured by Students, Nike Agrees to Help Workers in Honduras
Facing pressure from universities and student groups, Nike has announced that it would pay $1.5 million to help almost 2,000 workers in Honduras who lost their jobs.
Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross
How To Make Textbooks More Affordable How To Make Textbooks More Affordable
College students currently spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks—a number that has increased at four times the rate of inflation since 1994.
Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Young, Educated and Unpaid Young, Educated and Unpaid
Jett Wells, an unpaid intern for HuffingtonPost, has made a very good video about unpaid internships.
Jul 21, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
Protesters Arrested in NC Claiming School Plan Would Resegregate System Protesters Arrested in NC Claiming School Plan Would Resegregate System
Police in Raleigh, NC arrested 19 people at a contentious school board meeting yesterday where protesters accused the Wake County School Board of adopting a plan that will resegreg...
Jul 20, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
A Big Next Step in College Journalism A Big Next Step in College Journalism
New consortium aims to address obstacles confronting college journalism through an unprecedented editorial and financial collaboration.
Jul 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross