BLOOMBERG: The People Who Are Willing to Destroy Their Credit on Principle

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Student loans, especially when they come from the government, are a lot like bedbugs: Once you have them, they’re almost impossible to get rid of. Unlike other debts, the government essentially doesn...

MAINT STREET: Corinthian Colleges' Canadian Subsidiary Files for Bankruptcy and Shuts Down its Schools

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In a surprise move, Everest Colleges of Canada filed for bankruptcy protection late last Friday after its regulator, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, yanked its license to...

INSIDE HIGHER ED: With Deregulatory Slant, A Higher Ed Act Push

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Senator Lamar Alexander on Tuesday committed to finishing a rewrite of the Higher Education Act by the end of this year as he backed a plan written by colleges and universities to roll back federal...

LA TIMES: Professors question traditional four-year residential college model

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One of the greatest presumptions in U.S. higher education is that a traditional undergraduate degree, earned in four years while living on or near campus, is a good way to prepare young people to get a job...