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Fair Admission: Episode 8 - Price Tag

Fair Admission: Episode 8 – Price Tag

Edward Sturm April 15, 2021

After the acceptance letter arrives, questions of access persist. Paying for college is one of the most difficult (and contentious) barriers to higher education. Our exploration of a college’s...

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Minority Report: In defense of Joe Manchin

Lincoln Son Currie February 4, 2021
Instead of railing against Joe Manchin’s evil compromises, the left should thank him for delivering a coalition that can imperfectly govern.
Boston University will receive $14 million from the federal government under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, at least half of which is required to go toward emergency relief for students. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CARES Act allows students to apply for emergency financial aid

Katarzyna Jezak May 1, 2020
As of Friday, BU students can apply for consideration in receiving emergency financial aid.

Walsh challenges proposed Title IX changes

Joel Lau January 23, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced he would publicly challenge U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ proposed changes to Title IX.
EDITORIAL: Harvard has the right to investigate an off-campus rape

EDITORIAL: Harvard has the right to investigate an off-campus rape

Editors December 9, 2018

Fewer than two weeks after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed new regulations to Title IX scaling back the responsibility of colleges to investigate off-campus sexual assault, the regulations are...

Boston's City Hall, home to the Mayor's Office and the City Council, will be the battleground for many of these issues.
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Female graduate students protest DeVos’ Title IX amendments at Boston City Hall

Kylie McDaneld December 6, 2018
Members of education justice organizations Graduate Women at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Our Harvard Can Do Better organized a protest Thursday at Boston City Hall.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ comments Tuesday calling college student loan debt a “crisis” have sparked conversations on campuses nationwide about its long-term implications for students. BRITTANY CHANG/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

BU students say student loan debt affects grad school decisions, career paths

Susannah Sudborough December 2, 2018
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ comment Tuesday calling college student loan debt a “crisis” has sparked conversations on campuses nationwide about its long-term implications for students.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, in February 2017. DeVos’ proposed change to the Title IX law would make colleges less responsible for investigating complaints of sexual assault. COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU community responds to proposed campus sexual assault policy changes

Lauren Ashe November 19, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a proposed federal policy Friday that would change how colleges handle sexual misconduct, providing greater protection to those accused. The proposed policy...

A new petition is pushing to alleviate the stress of student debt for college students in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DFP FILE PHOTO

Massachusetts on path to regulate student loan servicers

Jordan Kimmel April 17, 2018
The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would give students a loan “bill of rights,” despite demands from President Donald Trump’s administration to not go forward with this type of legislation.  
The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a state student loan agency, has broken off its memberships with the National Council of Higher Education Resources. The NCHER is a national group that has been lobbying the U.S. Department of Education to be easier on regulations for loan services. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts agency breaks off from national loan servicer amid controversy

Jordan Kimmel April 2, 2018
The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a student loan servicer, separated its relations with the National Council of Higher Education Resources Wednesday, claiming that they are rolling back protections for student loan borrowers.

Sexual trauma outreach group expands to School of Public Health

Armand Manoukian February 1, 2018

Sexual Trauma Outreach & Prevention (STOP), a student group created by students at the Boston University School of Medicine, has expanded to include the students in the School of Public Health. STOP...

PHOTO COURTESY GAGE SKIDMORE

EDITORIAL: Students shouldn’t have to sue their secretary of education

Editors October 20, 2017

Over the last year, sexual assault and harassment have been in the news perhaps more than ever before, as big names like Bill O’Reilly and Harvey Weinstein have been ousted for their years of manipulation...

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