Can Kamala Harris bail out Biden with young voters in 2024 election? Democrats hope so
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris prefers Gen Z to Millennials. “I love Gen Z,” she told a crowd of donors at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston…
Watchdog dings Biden admin over fraud risks in student debt relief program
Both shortcomings, GAO concluded, opened the door to fraud in Biden’s sweeping student debt relief program, which the Supreme Court struck it down in June.…
Opinion: Censorship rears its ugly head at Santa Monica College, over a play about slavery
Happy Banned Theater Week! How (sadly) appropriate that this annual celebration of taboo plays has been taking place (it ends today) in the wake of…
Columbia University suspends 2 pro-Palestinian student groups demanding Israel cease-fire
Columbia University suspended two pro-Palestinian student organizations -- Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace -- for repeatedly holding unauthorized campus events.…
Past student launches legal action against Brisbane Girls Grammar School over child sex abuse allegations
One of Brisbane's most exclusive girls' private schools is facing legal action from a former student alleging she was sexually abused by a former staff…
Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing…
California prisoners have a new chance to earn a master’s
IONE, Calif. — Decades ago as a little boy growing up in Santa Rosa, Luke Scott made a pledge to his mom that he would graduate…
Cornell University student arrested in connection with anti-Semitic threats
A Cornell University student was arrested Tuesday and charged with posting anti-Semitic threats against the Ivy League school’s Jewish community, according to federal officials, as…
Cornell student charged with threatening to massacre Jewish students
The charge carries a possible five-year prison sentence, officials said. The menacing messages, posted over the weekend on a forum about fraternities and sororities, alarmed…
White House reveals draft plans for next student debt relief plan
Under the proposals, the Education Department would cancel debts owed by borrowers who have seen their balances balloon to greater than what they originally borrowed…
2.5M student loan borrowers hit with billing mistakes, Education Department says
Servicers are typically required to send billing statements to borrowers at least 21 days before their payments are due. But the Education Department said that…
My student Yehia Dahdouh survived an Israeli bombing, but his pain is huge | Israel-Palestine conflict
Fukhari, Gaza – Everyone at our school knows that Yehia Dahdouh is the son of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh. He was in my fifth-grade…
Rethinking education to spur student motivation – and fun
Science lessons across Europe come to life through a push towards “open schooling”. By Andrew Dunne In a part of Sweden northeast of Stockholm, Nina…
Florida bans pro-Palestinian student group from state university campuses
Florida's university system directed all public universities in the state to disband chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group National Students for Justice in Palestine, saying…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans pro-Palestine student organisation | Israel-Palestine conflict News
As fighting ratchets up in the Middle East, Palestinian activists in the US say they are experiencing growing hostility. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned…
Social media influencers rival Biden administration in helping borrowers manage student debt
“We’re hearing from people that there’s just a lot of confusion and they don’t really know where to go for help,” said Andrew Weber, the…
Harrowing moment Israeli student begs ‘Don’t kill me’ as she’s snatched from a music festival by Hamas terrorists
HORRIFYING footage shows the moment a young woman is snatched by Hamas terrorists and dragged away as she pleads for her life. Noa Argamani was…
Why is the Biden administration forgiving student debt? | Debt News
US President Joe Biden has announced a new round of federal student loan forgiveness to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate to complete their…
Biden announces more student debt relief as payments resume
WASHINGTON — President Biden announced another round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday as borrowers brace for payments to restart after a three-year pause that…
Warning as UK student scammed out of £200K in clever con – 5 ways to prevent scam
Police have shared five ways to help prevent being scammed after a student in the UK was recently duped out of thousands of pounds by…