Essays about Texas

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

After a Long Pause, 30 Million Student Borrowers Will Begin Repaying Their Student Loans in February. Most Say They're Not Ready.

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 Last year, in response to the COVID pandemic, the Department of Education pressed the pause button on the federal student-loan program.  In...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Marchus v. Student Loans of North Dakota: Another Victory for Student-Loan Debtors in the Eighth Circuit

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In 2020, Debra Jean Marchus filed an adversary proceeding in a North Dakota bankruptcy court, seeking to discharge about $38,000 in student-...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Ashline v. Department of Education: Dental Assistant with Master's Degree from Kaplan U. discharges $230,000 in student loan debt

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 Diane Ashline, a 47-year old single mother, worked for 20 years as a dental assistant. Hoping to increase her income, she took out student ...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Detour! Don't Choose a College Major That Won't Help You Get a Good Job

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As Junior Brown reminded us in Detour , a class Country song, we can avoid a lot of trouble if we heed the warning signs all around us. ...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Private Student-Loan Debt at an All-Time High: TICAS Releases Snoozer Report

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 According to a recent report by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), the 2020 class of college graduates has amassed $136...

The College Bookstore: Where Are the Friggin' Books?

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 An LSU student, Kathryn Craddock , wrote a scathing critique of LSU's book store--operated, of course, by Barnes & Noble.  "Th...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Luxury Student Housing and the Slumification of American College Towns

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 In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, cotton production was a staple of America's Southern economy.  Even today, the United ...