This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Elizabeth Warren Slams the Education Department for Failing Student Borrowers Elizabeth Warren Slams the Education Department for Failing Student Borrowers
"People who were cheated and people who have been buried in debt just keep on paying and the government keeps on collecting,” the Senator said Monday at a forum on student loans.
Apr 28, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Why Are Political Groups Pretending to Be Debt Collectors? Why Are Political Groups Pretending to Be Debt Collectors?
More and more, mainstream political campaigns are dressing up fundraising pleas with the scary language of collection agencies.
Apr 14, 2015 / Michael Whitney
15 Questions Hillary Clinton Should Answer Right Now 15 Questions Hillary Clinton Should Answer Right Now
As Clinton launches her second presidential bid, serious questions remain about her positions on key economic and foreign policy issues.
Apr 11, 2015 / Richard Kim and George Zornick
The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive
Anti-debtors are descending on DC to challenge the Department of Education’s regulation of student debt.
Mar 30, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt
In America today, people owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. But there’s a simple and elegant way to end this travesty.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers
The Tennessee governor’s budget will subsidize students’ college tuition with cuts to college workers’ benefits.
Mar 6, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?
Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.
Feb 25, 2015 / Editorial / Michelle Chen
American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence American Education Is Leaving Our Youth With a Debt Sentence
How for-profit colleges are allowing Wall Street investors to cash in, at students’ expense.
Sep 22, 2014 / Astra Taylor and Hannah Appel
It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae broke the law, and SLAP demands that the Department of Education terminate its contract.
Jun 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Beth Huang and StudentNation