The White House announced another round of student loan debt cancelation bringing the total of student loan debt forgiven to $153 billion for some 4.3 million borrowers since Biden took office.
The Federal Education Department rolled out a new FAFSA form that was supposed to make things easier for students, but instead it has been plagued with problems. Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, talks about how the "bungled" rollout of the form has derailed some students' college plans.
Inside Minneapolis College, a quiet revolution is taking place as students in recovery find solace and support in their pursuit of education.
A 23-year-old woman who went missing in Inglewood has been found, authorities said Tuesday. Noelle M. Lynch was last seen around 5 p.m. on April 3 walking from an apartment building in the 900 block of East Redondo Boulevard, near Florence Avenue and the Inglewood Park Cemetery, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Kellie […]
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After years of steady increases, the number of students earning college degrees fell for the second year in a row, according to a recent report.
A 25-year-old man was apprehended after trying to break into a Westchester home occupied by college students and exposing himself to residents, police said. New Rochelle resident Lidio Garcia was arrested on Wednesday, April 10 just after 10:45 p.m. in connection with multiple incidents that happened at a New Rochelle home on Mayflower Avenue, according to New Rochelle Police Captain J. Collins Coyne. During the two incidents, Garcia allegedly tried to enter into the home, which is occupied...
From taking notes and Zoom calls to completing a graphic design project, these are the best iPads for college students, according to our hands-on testing.
Push-up challenges, balloon-busting races and karate demonstrations were all part of the fun Saturday during a fundraising fitness festival organized by students in the event management program at St. Clair College. Participants of all ages took part in tai chi, yoga, dance aerobics and more at the Forest Glade Arena, while also enjoying healthy — […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars towards helping social workers pay off educational debt. The state's Higher Education Department recently awarded relief to 133 state employees. Those employees work for the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD). They received an average of $33,000 in debt relief per []
When I first came to California to apply for graduate school in the late ’80s, I drove to Santa Monica and parked my car. There were more homeless people than I’d ever seen, living here in tents on the grass by the ocean under palm trees. Before college, as a result of poverty, I’d slept in my car or in the woods. Then, as a community college student in Arizona, I lived in my car when I was between apartments. But I had never been to a place where sleeping outdoors seemed to be a way of life for...
For college students, sending money to friends has never been easier thanks to peer-to-peer payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App. But that convenience poses risks