Mother Must Repay Murdered Child’s New Jersey Student Loans
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A recent investigation into New Jersey’s official college loan agency has found the state has some of the strictest repayment rules in the country, causing financial ruin for some while forcing others to repay debts owed even after the borrower has passed away. New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, HESAA, […]
Cal State Bolsters Efforts on Student Hunger, Homelessness
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) According to research conducted at California State University, one in five college students go hungry, and one in ten students are hovering over the border of homelessness. Cal State, which is the largest four-year university system in the country, has held a conference to address the issues. The conference included more than 150 administrators, […]
Former UVA Law Student Challenges Sexual Assault Processes
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A former University of Virginia School of Law student has filed a federal lawsuit that challenges the U.S. Department of Education’s unlawful mandate that colleges abandon due process procedures and try sexual misconduct incidents with the lowest standard of evidence. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a civil liberties […]
Philadelphia Schools Formalize Transgender Student Protections
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The School Reform Commission of Philadelphia has approved a policy designed to protect the rights of transgender and nonconforming students in the Philadelphia School District. Under the new policy, students may be addressed by names and pronouns corresponding to their gender identity in interactions with other students and staff, on written […]
GradNation Report Analyzes Growing Problem of Student Homelessness
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The website GradNation.org, an online destination for users to learn more about higher education with the goal of increasing graduation rates, has released a report titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Homeless Students in America’s Public Schools.” The report, comprised of interviews and surveys of currently and formerly homeless students, examines the […]
Family tragedy as uni student falls 60ft to his death after getting ‘hammered’ with father
A UNIVERSITY student has died after climbing out of a bathroom window and falling 60ft following a heavy drinking session with his father. Daily Express :: News Feed
12 Year Old Student to Attend University of California
(Photo: NBC) A 12-year-old student from Sacramento, California, who currently holds three community college degrees, has been accepted to two University of California campuses with plans to study biomedical engineering and to become a doctor and medical researcher by the time he turns 18. Tanishq Abraham, who joined the IQ society Mensa at just four […]
The Citadel Rejects Student Request to Wear Hijab
(Photo: GOPUSA) An incoming American-Muslim student at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, will not be allowed to wear a religious headscarf. According to the military college, the garb does not conform with the college’s standard uniform. The decision reflects the school’s culture of standardizing the appearance of its cadets regardless of […]
University of Iowa Student Allegedly Victim of Hate Crime
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons) Iowa City police have announced that an assault of a black University of Iowa freshman from Naperville, Illinois is being investigated as a hate crime. The student, Marcus Owens, told police he was attacked Saturday night outside an Iowa City lounge by three men shouting racial slurs. Owens, 19, is […]
UK Student Debt the Highest of English-Speaking Countries
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Out of the primarily English-speaking countries, UK university graduates are now facing the most debt, according to a new report. Most British students are now paying £9,000 per year in tuition and usually have more than £44,000 of debt ($ 65,000) upon graduation, according to the Sutton Trust’s Degrees of Debt report. This is more […]