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Older students lead loan delinquents

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Amy Scott
Jul 18, 2012
Surprisingly -- or not so surprising -- 40- to 49-year-olds have the most delinquent student loan debt.
Posted In: student debt, student loan debt
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Students saddled with bigger share of college costs

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Amy Scott
Jul 16, 2012
A new survey reveals that families are increasingly eliminating certain colleges based on cost, and students are taking on more of the burden themselves as parents' share declines.
Posted In: student debt, college
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Student loans as an incentive to move to Niagara Falls

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Eve Troeh
Jul 3, 2012
Niagara Falls offers to help new residents with their student loans, the latest incentive cities have offered in efforts to revitalize themselves.
Posted In: student loan, Niagara Falls
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New rules on for-profit colleges overturned

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Amy Scott
Jul 2, 2012
Judge says requirement that graduates must be able to repay student loans is arbitrary
Posted In: for-profit colleges
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For-profit colleges face new rules

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Amy Scott
Jul 2, 2012
Under new rules, they must prove their former students can earn enough to cover their students loans.
Posted In: for-profit colleges
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University of Virginia reinstates Teresa Sullivan

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Amy Scott
Jun 26, 2012
After an outcry on campus and elsewhere, the UVA president was given back her job.
Posted In: University of Virginia, Teresa Sullivan
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University of Virginia takes a vote on ousted president

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Amy Scott
Jun 25, 2012
Sacked president Theresa Sullivan could be reinstated when the university's board meets.
Posted In: University of Virginia, college, Teresa Sullivan
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Job prospects getting worse for law school graduates

Interview by
Jeff Horwich
Jun 25, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reports that newly minted lawyers have only about a 50 percent chance of being employed as lawyers nine months out from graduation.
Posted In: law school, lawyers
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The summer learning slide

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Amy Scott
Jun 21, 2012
Students often lose academic ground in summer, and state budget cuts are making things worse.
Posted In: Education, summer school
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Rebranding summer school

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Amy Scott
Jun 20, 2012
No more summer of forgetting: To keep kids from losing what they've learned during the year, cities and school districts are rethinking summer school.
Posted In: summer school, summer, Education

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Marketplace and Education Correspondent Amy Scott look at the business and economics of education, on topics including  student loans, public education financing, and the cost of a college degree. Marketplace's Education coverage is supported, in part, by the Kresge Foundation.

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