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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

National Consumer Law Center Report on Sallie Mae: Good Recommendations But They Don't Go Far Enough

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The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) published a report this week on Sallie Mae, the nation's largest lender of private student loans...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

We live on different planets: The World of the New York Times is not the world of the average American

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I live in fly-over country and can't get home delivery of the New York Times . Nevertheless, I get the Sunday Times   delivered to my ho...
Friday, January 17, 2014

President Obama's White House Summit with Higher Education Leaders: How Important Was It?

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President Obama invited about 100 college presidents and higher-education industry leaders to the White House yesterday to talk about expand...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Say it ain't so, Joe! Penn State coach Joe Paterno was in bed with Bank of America

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According to a story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , Penn State football coach Joe Paterno--Penn State's beloved "Joe Papa"--...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Such hypocrisy! The Obama administration urges private college-loan lenders to play nice with student borrowers

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Obama administration officials summoned the leading private student-loan creditors to a meeting at the Treasury Department yesterday to urge...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

"Ye shall know the truth . . ." Have our great public universities lost touch with the people they were founded to serve?

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Americans revere our Ivy League universities. Hundreds of American cities have a Harvard Street or a Yale Avenue. I live in the College Town...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Blah, blah, blah: Drew Faust, president of Harvard, lectures America on the value of arts education

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Drew Faust, president of Harvard University, took time out from her busy schedule to co-author an op ed essay for USA Today on the value o...