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South Carolina Cancel student debt, make public college free, Elizabeth Warren tells SC crowd COLUMBIA, SC Eliminating student debt could be a life-changer for Don Polite. A graduate student at the University of South Carolina, Polite took on $20,000 in loan debt as an undergrad and another $5,000 to finish …

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. College tuition was less than what today’s students pay for textbooks when Caron and Jack Knopoff attended Chicago’s Wright Junior College in the mid-1960s. Tuition at what is now Wilbur Wright College was $24 per credit hour, Caron Knopoff says. To cover …

After years of dire warnings about the limited value of their degree, liberal arts students are making a surprising discovery: Employers want them. It turns out their skills—including the ability to communicate, solve problems, think critically and collaborate—are in demand for many sectors, including finance and technology. Arts graduates still …

By Blake Tommey Missouri is a lush oasis for predatory loans, with more payday lenders there than Starbucks, McDonald’s and Walmart stores combined. In 2017, Missouri lenders issued more than 1.6 million payday loans—averaging about one in four residents—each carrying an average annual interest rate of 462 percent. Add tens …

Bill Weld’s family will likely be the topic of much conversation in the coming months, now that he has thrown himself into the 2020 presidential race. On April 15, Weld officially announced his intention to run, marking him as the first Republican to challenge Trump’s candidacy for re-election. Weld is …

Clothes worn by survivors of sexual assault during the time they were assaulted are hanging in an Argyros Forum hallway as part of Chapman’s inaugural “What Were You Wearing” gallery. The clothes range from a child’s dress to pajamas and workout clothes. Photo by Gabriella Anderson While walking through Argyros …

The Vagalos College of Physicians and Surgeons has received $32.5 million from the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust, headed by members of the Milstein family, to fund an endowment for its cardiology division, the school announced last Monday. The Milsteins have given more than $100 million to Columbia University …

Dr. Stacey Burnett recently joined the Washington Regional Eureka Springs Family Clinic. She earned her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, completed residency training at AHEC in Jonesboro and is board certified in family medicine. Burnett has experience practicing rural medicine and has …

College tuition was less than what today’s students pay for textbooks when Caron and Jack Knopoff attended Chicago’s Wright Junior College in the mid-1960s. Tuition at what is now Wilbur Wright College was $24 per credit hour, Caron Knopoff said. To cover this cost, the couple, who were dating at …

Professor Najma Akhtar, the first woman Vice Chancellor in Jamia Millia Islamia’s 99-year-old history, says her aim was not to break the glass ceiling but she was against its very existence. Akhtar, who feels a woman brings a different perspective to administration, says her dream is to establish a medical …