Falwell’s School Rolling in Federal Aid

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2011 Given that so many of the religious right's mainstream leaders regularly spurn public assistance programs for allegedly creating government dependency, the fact that the late evangelist Jerry Falwell's Liberty University took $445 million in federal aid last year has been turning quite a few heads in the media. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Record Debt for the Class of 2011

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2011 American college students set to graduate this spring will do so with a special distinction. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, with an average student debt of $22,900, the class of 2011 is the most indebted ever. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Education Department Bureaucracy Keeps Disabled Borrowers in Debt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 Under federal law, borrowers who develop lasting disabilities after taking out federal student loans are entitled to have their debts forgiven. The system was meant to spare former students who become disabled from a lifetime of spiraling debt. But the process of discharging the loans of disabled borrowers is broken. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Time to Crack Down on the Student Loan Cesspool

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 3, 2007 The markers of a mushrooming student loan scandal are identical to so many of the rest: The Bush administration, determined to turn the federal government into a favor bank for its corporate cronies, ignored every indicator that the $85-billion-a-year student loan industry was rife with corruption. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )