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US lawmakers are debating student debt-relief proposals, seeking help for people saddled with loans.
But the proposals on the table right now are not a comprehensive solution, experts say.
The problem is a cycle of student loan accumulation, and little education about how this debt works.
It s a familiar sight each year: a sea of soon-to-be college graduates, seated in their caps and gowns, with families and friends watching proudly as they march, one-by-one, across the stage to receive their hard-earned degrees.
But for many of the 35 million student-loan borrowers in the US, the celebration is short-lived. Months out of college, their debts become due and payable, and for some, it will be a heavy burden.
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ECMC Foundation launches Catalyzing Transfer Initiative
Nearly $4.5M funding commitment aims to increase successful transfer of postsecondary credits and timely bachelor degree completion
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ECMC Foundation announced today the launch of the Catalyzing Transfer Initiative (CTI), a national shared learning and collaboration effort between high-impact non-profit organizations that aims to build, manage, and activate new ways to increase successful transfer of postsecondary credits and timely bachelor degree completion among marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Only 13 percent of students who start at community college earn a bachelor s degree within six years (source: National Center for Education Statistics). As students transfer, their credits don t always follow. The CTI was created to address the challenges students face when attempting to transfer their credits to a four-year prog
Rioters storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday following a rally with President Donald Trump.
College and university leaders across the country responded to the violent chaos at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday using unusually strong terms for higher education leaders. Many college presidents said they were saddened and frightened by the sight of supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol and condemned the rioters’ actions on Twitter and in statements or emails to students and employees. I want to be clear: the storming of the Capitol complex is not merely a brazen act by a relatively small group of instigators. It is the direct result of a campaign to sow mistrust in our democracy and to overturn an election that was by all reasonable accounts conducted freely and fairly, Vincent Price, president of Duke University in Durham, N.C., said in an email to the campus. These events are made all the more shameful by their futility they are based on falsehoods and conspira
UW-L professor Jo Arney died Nov. 19. She was a professor of political science and academic affairs, and most recently served as director of Student Success. Contributed
On a small hobby farm just outside of Coon Valley, you could often find Jo Arney sitting around a campfire with her friends, working in her garden or walking near the creek with her dogs.
By Joâs design, the farm, affectionately called âSkunk Hollowâ by those who have loved it, was a place where all were welcome at the table.
âThere was stories and lots of laughter,â said Sarah Joslyn, a friend and colleague of Joâs. âTime just passed so quickly.â
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