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A new scholarship will help more North Carolina families attend university and offer them debt-free community college.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 2:50 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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According to Department of Education figures, an estimated 1.4 million North Carolinians currently owe student loans, contributing to the Tar Heel State ranking as the eighth highest state on the average amount of student debt owed, with the average borrower owing $37,920.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Biden administration is proposing a plan that would lower federal student loan payments for millions of Americans, including a pause on student loan payments for those making under $30,600 per year.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 10:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Yes, college is expensive and will saddle you with crushing debt in exchange for no useful life skills, but it's worth it, because it will make you smart.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 2:20 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Local PC Technician Todd Manfroy was singled out as a chump by his local community Wednesday after it was discovered he worked his way through college to avoid taking on student loan debt.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 7:31 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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With the Biden administration’s announcement this week that it would continue the moratorium on student loan payments through the beginning of next year and will forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt per student, student loan forgiveness is at the top of the current political agenda.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) repeated a talking point that many Leftist women’s organizations have been making for years – a talking point that has been repeatedly pointed out as wrong.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 11:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Robert Verbruggen of National Review Online pans proposals for the federal government to forgive student loan debt.
Published: Saturday, November 21st, 2020 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How do her comments from just a few years ago square with her full-on progressive 2020-campaign agenda?
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2019 @ 11:26 pm
By: LifeZette
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Higher education is the object of aspiration and frustration. A lofty aim that, while promising opportunity, evokes feelings of anxiety from throngs of students neither academically nor financially secure
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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High school seniors could apply to any community college, nearly all private colleges, and six of the 10 public universities in North Carolina for free last week (October 15-19) as part of the annual NC Countdown to College
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s the idea that just won’t go away: free college tuition. Yesterday Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York proposed providing free tuition for low and middle income students at state colleges and universities
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 8:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It was a bad idea for the federal government ever to get into the business of financing college with its various grants and loans, but at least in the old days, most of the money loaned was eventually repaid
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 2:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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American college students have taken to saying that they need "safe spaces" on campus. They really don't, since all they're after is "safety" from ideas they dislike
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2016 @ 10:02 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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What Parents, Students And Higher Ed Leaders Are Saying
Published: Monday, July 18th, 2016 @ 5:38 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Students who leave college with no degree but an accumulation of debt face obvious hardship, but what about taxpayer money wasted on students with no degrees
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 5:08 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It is common knowledge that students who have amassed large college debt burdens cannot discharge those debts through bankruptcy.
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:28 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It seems shocking that, in 2015, it is difficult to fully answer the question, "What are college students learning?" After all, people can find out about admissions policies, degree programs, student debt levels, graduation rates, campus amenities, and financial aid options with the click of a mouse
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 3:27 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Indebtedness due to student loans is one of the most pressing issues in higher education today. I believe strongly that we must face this issue head on, and my institution, Adrian College, has developed a plan to do that.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Many college leaders speak as though the upward cost spiral is permanent and unavoidable. From experience, I can say that's not true.
Published: Friday, November 21st, 2014 @ 8:44 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Important topic and concepts tomorrow night at BCCC. Mr. Greg Frank knows this topic well! We still have space available.
Published: Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Ever since the obstreperous Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011, Americans have been getting an earful about the alleged crisis of student loan debt.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 12:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Funds from the federal government for college flow liberally, but there are limits.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 1:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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People keep talking about the high burden of college debt, which now surpasses credit card debt. And the federal government is doing something to help.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 2:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Katie G. Paul Allied Health and Nursing Building on the campus of Beaufort County Community College has been recognized for its energy-saving design and construction, college and county leaders recently announced.
Published: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 @ 12:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If past credit issues are preventing you from moving forward toward your financial goals, this workshop is a must. In today's economy, your FICO score is used for a lot more than just granting credit, so achieving and maintaining Superior credit is more important than ever.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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