Here’s a selection of article the Federal Relations team is enjoying this week.
HALF – A new study by Adam Looney, of the Treasury Department, and Constantine Yannelis at Stanford University, found that since 2000, “most of the increase in default is associated with the rise in the number of borrowers at for-profit schools.” For-profit schools enroll about 12 percent of the nation’s college students, yet they account for nearly half of student loan defaults. Read more at The New York Times.
Well, This Just Got More Interesting – National fraternity and sorority groups have hired former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to lobby for legislation that would prevent colleges from punishing certain students accused of sexual assault. Read more at The Huff Post.
Debt Free – As Democratic presidential hopefuls assemble in Las Vegas their first formal debate, one topic that has received little airtime during the Republican face-offs garnered far more attention: the high cost of attaining a college degree. Read more at The Atlantic.
Guns.On.Campus. – Exactly 50 years after a student named Charles Whitman climbed into the University of Texas tower and shot 46 people, killing 14 of them — a new law on concealed firearms will take effect here. Already, emotions are exploding. The Chronicle of Higher Education.