by Matt Sussis | Jan 18, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON—Nearly 40 percent of students who entered college in 2004 may default on their student loan debt within five years, according to a new report highlighting the mounting financial challenges of college graduates and their families. The report, issued last...
by Matt Sussis | Jan 16, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON— A new tax on the returns of large university endowments could leave some universities with tens of millions of dollars less to fund investments for students. The $1.5 trillion tax bill passed by Republicans in December and signed by President Donald Trump...
by Yingjie Gu | Nov 29, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Mexican artist and feminist Monica Mayer uses art as a tool for social change. Her latest exhibit, The Clothesline Project, encourages women to speak up about experiences of sexual harassment and domestic violence. It opened at the National Museum...
by Jasmine Khayami & Matt Sussis | Oct 17, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Florida’s governor has declared a state of emergency, the University of Florida has spent half a million dollars in security fees and various left-wing political groups have planned large protests in preparation for a far-right speaker — the latest...
by Eric Englert | Aug 11, 2017 | Education
WASHINGTON – School districts in the United States face special challenges when fracking operations draw new students to their communities and administrators have difficulty planning for resources and funding in cycles of boom and bust, according to a new study...
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by Eric Englert | Jul 27, 2017 | Education
WASHINGTON — On some of the nation’s college campuses, a culture of sanitized conversations and sensitivity, reinforced by the polarization in contemporary American society, has caused an uptick in the suppression of free speech, several experts say. Lecturers have...
