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Is University preparing us for the real world of finance? | At What Cost?

Lavanya Menon June 2, 2024
By making personal finance courses mandatory, institutions can ensure their students encounter fewer financial risks after graduating. Providing classes on topics such as borrowing, budgeting, student debt, credit scores and investing will help build crucial skill sets for adults entering the corporate world. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Extending the student loan freeze only delays the inevitable

Editors April 8, 2022
But this postponement amounts to a temporary band-aid on a much larger crisis. The looming student debt apocalypse still remains no matter how many times Biden kicks it further down the road.
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...

EDITORIAL: We should all be advocating to eliminate student loans

EDITORIAL: We should all be advocating to eliminate student loans

Editors December 9, 2020
Our society’s subconscious desire to see people suffer with outdated and exploitative norms — just because we did — is selfish, and we should be putting in our best effort to actually change the systems that neglected our needs.
EDITORIAL: affordableBU neglects current students’ financial struggles

EDITORIAL: affordableBU neglects current students’ financial struggles

Editors September 12, 2019

Boston University recently unveiled a new financial aid program, affordableBU, that will significantly expand the financial aid for students covered by the school. They just forgot one thing — all 18,515...

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

Nonprofit petitions work to eliminate student loan debt

Haley Lerner June 17, 2018
The Hildreth Institute, a nonprofit organization, launched a statewide petition Monday that calls on colleges and politicians to support a zero-debt higher education system.
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.

BU protests against PROSPER Act reauthorization to protect student aid

Shaun Robinson February 12, 2018

Many Boston University students could lose vital financial assistance under a bill currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives that the Congressional Budget Office estimates would cut...

BU, among other American universities, receives fewer international applications than expected

Haley Lerner February 6, 2018

The number of international students coming to American universities, like Boston University, has waned slightly in the last year. If the trend continues, it could have significant implications for universities’...

MARTIN: BU should rethink summer financial aid

MARTIN: BU should rethink summer financial aid

Ellis Martin March 21, 2016

This week marked the beginning of spring. The end of the year is right around the corner. I don’t know what my plans for summer are quite yet, but I’d like to entertain the idea of taking classes during...

A report released Tuesday from The Institute For College Access and Success found that college graduates' student-loan debt increased two percent from the class of 2013 to the class of 2014. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As student loans rise nationwide, Dept. of Ed. announces new regulations

Kyler Sumter October 30, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education announced two new sets of regulations Tuesday aimed at helping borrowers pay off their student loans. The regulations will give students more freedom in choosing how...

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