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Saturday, December 30, 2017

Student-loan debtors beware: Congressman Tom Garrett wants your Social Security check

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Congress must think Americans are fools, and perhaps we are. Earlier this month, the Republicans rammed through their so-called "tax ...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

No Exit: Graduates of bottom-tier law schools have mountains of student-loan debt and little prospect of ever paying it off

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You say you went to law school to pursue a better life. Your LSAT scores weren't so hot, so you were turned down by the top law schools...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Coplin v. U.S. Dep't of Education: Bankruptcy court orders single mother of 4 disabled children to repay $222,000 in student loans

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Heather Coplin graduated from University of Pacific's McGeorge law school in 2009 and gave birth to triplets that same year. The infants...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

Graduate students' tuition waivers will become taxable income if the House's "tax reform' bill becomes law: Do the universities care?

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The House of Representatives approved a "tax reform" bill last month. If the bill becomes law, graduate students' tuition waiv...
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Saturday, December 9, 2017

It's official: The Republicans hate student-loan debtors

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A few days ago, Republicans introduced their bill for revising the Higher Education Act. Some provisions in the GOP proposal are astonishing...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

GOP proposal to abolish student-loan forgiveness is Looney Tunes

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Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) looks like a kindly grandmother, and maybe she is. But she is also the Chair of the House Education Comm...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and John Kennedy (R-LA): Can these two lead a bipartisan effort for student-loan reform?

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Congress is more divided along partisan lines than any time since Representative Preston Brooks caned Senator Charles Sumner on the floor o...
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