Mar 10 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: Two Okla. students expelled for racist chant By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the University of Oklahoma expelled two students for leading a racist chant at a fraternity event. The president of the school has said others may face discipline as well. Also, President Obama laid out a… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 7:26 Why American students are struggling with – and defaulting on – small debts By PBS News Hour Student loan balances climbed to $1.2 trillion at the end of 2014, and delinquencies are rising even as they fall for most other types of debt. In fact, students with the smallest balances are most likely to default. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jan 20 Obama: Community college should be ‘as free and universal in America as high school’ By Kyla Calvert Mason As expected, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students, first detailed two weeks ago in Tennessee. Or as he put it in the speech, "to lower the cost of community college… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 8:49 Will new student loan options make a dent in debt? By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans live with student debt for years, even decades after they graduate from college. Now, two of the nation's largest private student lenders have introduced options to allow borrowers to modify the terms on their loans. NewsHour's Hari… Continue watching
Sep 10 Gov. report shows seniors owe $18 billion in student loan debt By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Rosemary Anderson could be 81 by the time she pays off her student loans. After struggling with divorce, health problems and an underwater home mortgage, the 57-year-old anticipates there could come a day when her Social Security benefits… Continue reading
Aug 27 Twitter Chat: Is a college degree worth the cost? By Nora Daly Even with a degree, many college graduates struggle to find work in the current economic climate. As tuition continues to rise, student debt appears to be a growing problem. All this raises the question- is a college degree worth the… Continue reading
Aug 22 Help us ‘Rethink College’ in 3 Twitter chats By Nora Daly Join us, along with an assortment of experts, to discuss several issues currently being debated both in and outside of the education system. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Wisconsin group wants to turn student borrowers into activists By PBS News Hour Through the recession, college tuition skyrocketed at public universities to make up for flagging state funding. Some students who borrowed to keep up with rising costs face crushing debt repayments. Hari Sreenivasan travelled to Wisconsin to report on one group… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Online university skips class to be more accessible By PBS News Hour College for America, an online degree program, has no classes, professors or credit hours. It's been cited as an innovative way to make college more affordable. But how do its students qualify for a degree? Hari Sreenivasan reports from New… Continue watching