Wells Fargo, Amazon Nix Student Loan Partnership After 1 Month
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Slightly more than a month after the partnership began, Wells Fargo has stopped offering discounted interest rates on private student loans to Amazon.com customers. Neither of More...
Student Stabbing on Cornell Campus Rocks Ithaca
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) An Ithaca College student was killed while another was injured after being stabbed during a fight that took place on the campus of Cornell University in the early morning on More...
‘Federal Student Tax’ Scams Parallel Back to School Season
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) College students across the country are being warned alongside their parents of a new “federal student tax” scheme that scammers are asking to be paid off through iTunes More...
Connecticut Innovation Fund Supports Student Entrepreneurs
(Photo: Youth Entrepreneurship Summit) The University of Connecticut, in partnership with Connecticut Innovations (CI) and Webster Bank, has designed a $ 1.5 million Innovation Fund to supply university-affiliated More...
NerdWallet: Student Debt Relief Companies Are Dishonest
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A collaborative report produced by NerdWallet and the non-for-profit higher education advocacy group Student Debt Crisis reveals dishonest practices being undertaken by student More...
Federal Student Loan Servicers to Face More Accountability
(Photo: David Scavone) A new memorandum has been released by Department of Education Under Secretary Ted Mitchell concerning the future of student loan servicing in an effort to make plans more accountable for More...
ClassDojo Offers ‘Student Stories’ to Share with Parents
(Photo: ClassDojo) The popular ClassDojo app has announced that it will be adding Student Stories to its services to help students share photos and videos of their classroom creations with their parents. Students More...
Student Gov’t Sanctions Leader Who Posted ‘AllLivesMatter’
(Photo: David Goldman, AP) The vice president of the Student Government Association at the University of Houston has received a punishment from the student senate for her Facebook post criticizing the Black Lives More...
Professor Challenges Women-Only Student Lounge in Michigan
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A professor at the University of Michigan has filed a formal complaint against Michigan State University, where he also teaches, alleging that the female-only study lounge More...
Charlotte Schools Look to Reduce Student Suspensions
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina suspended almost 1,000 pupils last year – and that number represents the suspensions only in pre-K through second grade. More...