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November 21, 2015

Dozens of student loan recipients face default after refusing to pay back money

Calling themselves the "Corinthian 100" -- named for the troubled Corinthian Colleges, Inc., which operated Everest College, Heald College and WyoTech before agreeing last summer to sell or close its 100-plus campuses -- about 100 current and former students are refusing to pay back their loans, according to the Debt Collective group behind the strike.

November 10, 2015

GOP debate: What parents want to hear about education

In the midst of a presidential campaign, what can a candidate do to break through on education?

September 14, 2015

Notre Dame plans $400M project at football stadium

The University of Notre Dame's iconic football stadium will be flanked by three massive buildings under a $400 million project that will also create nearly 4,000 premium seats at the "House that Rockne Built."

May 7, 2015

Tenured professor's take: The real way to rein in college tuition, student debt

President Obama is working on a regulatory framework to contain education costs, but I doubt his ideas will work. Having been a tenured professor for 24 years, here is my take from the inside.

May 7, 2015

Why investing in education is good for our economy

For the national economy, education is the tide that lifts all boats. If American workers had just one additional year of education, S&P estimates the U.S. Gross Domestic Product would increase by $525 billion over five years.

May 7, 2015

How low can you go: Graduating without debt

For today’s graduates, shiny promises quickly lose their luster when the student loan payment book arrives before a job offer. 

May 7, 2015

Want to attack income inequality? US must expand vocational training, cut back on college

Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats have pushed back hard against Republican reluctance to raise the minimum wage. But to really address income inequality, federal and state governments should shift funds from colleges and universities and redirect resources and students into vocational programs.

May 6, 2015

Buffalo schools spend $5.4 million on free plastic surgeries for teachers, despite massive deficit

Even a $50 million budget deficit in the Buffalo school district couldn’t convince members of the Buffalo Federation of Teachers to cut down on their taxpayer-funded tummy tucks, breast lifts and nose jobs.

January 13, 2015

Professor reportedly admits faking AIDS vaccine to get grant money

An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.

January 13, 2015

LA officials seek fix to $1B program after students crack iPad security, access video games

Education officials in the nation's second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing glitch emerged when the first round of tablets went out.