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• CNN's 'Ivory Tower' Will Change The Way You Think About College, Forever.

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  If you are going to watch one single documentary about higher education in the United States, you can do no better than CNN's 'Ivory Tower'. Is College Worth It? That's the question Director Andrew Rossi sets out to answer. The points made in this documentary are nuanced, and the answers are many.

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• A Social Compact For 21st Century America

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  Of all the pieces of legislation that came about to help dig America out of the Great Depression, none had a greater impact than the Social Security Act. This single piece of legislation and subsequent amendments expanding the eligible number of recipients dramatically rewrote the social compact between the federal government and the citizens it governs.

• Obama to announce changes for student loan repaymentObama to announce changes for student loan repayment
  	Tue Mar 10, 2015 | reuters.com President Barack Obama is slated to speak to students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday about how he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and...

• 'My Degree Has Been Pretty Much Useless''My Degree Has Been Pretty Much Useless'
  	Thu Sep 25, 2014 | huffingtonpost.com I am 23 years old. I've got $60,000 in debt from student loans. I make around $10 an hour working as a cook, and I live off of about $20 a week after I cover rent and other...

• Subprime students: For-profit universities make a killing from poor and mi...Subprime students: For-profit universities make a killing from poor and mi...
  	Wed Sep 24, 2014 | motherjones.com Imagine corporations that intentionally target low-income single mothers as ideal customers. Imagine that these same companies claim to sell tickets to the American...

• 33,000 senior citizens had Social Security garnished last year to pay back...33,000 senior citizens had Social Security garnished last year to pay back...
  	Thu Sep 11, 2014 | vox.com Student debt isn't just a problem for Millennials. It's increasingly common — though still very rare — among the elderly, who have $18.2 billion in student debt, according...

• The Student Loan Crusader: How Elizabeth Warren Wants to Reduce DebtThe Student Loan Crusader: How Elizabeth Warren Wants to Reduce Debt
  	Wed Aug 20, 2014 | rollingstone.com Senator Elizabeth Warren is advancing her fight for middle-class families with a legislative agenda focused on college affordability and student debt.

• Why the University of Phoenix’s Favorite Congressman Killed the GI College...Why the University of Phoenix’s Favorite Congressman Killed the GI College...
  	Thu Jul 24, 2014 | thedailybeast.com Legislation designed to prevent for-profit colleges from gaming the federal aid system and exploiting veterans died within 15 minutes of being introduced earlier this...

• President Obama’s plan for rating colleges is promising, because college p...President Obama’s plan for rating colleges is promising, because college p...
  	Wed May 28, 2014 | slate.com Barack Obama’s plan for a universal rating system for America’s colleges and universities, announced last year and the subject of a New York Times front-pager this week, is...

• Sallie Mae Torments Faithful Student Borrowers After Co-Signers DieSallie Mae Torments Faithful Student Borrowers After Co-Signers Die
  	Wed May 21, 2014 | huffingtonpost.com Seven borrowers who had been paying their Sallie Mae student loans on time for years were unexpectedly threatened with asset seizures after a Sallie Mae contractor demanded...

• Dems plan to use Elizabeth Warren's student loan bill against the GOP in N...Dems plan to use Elizabeth Warren's student loan bill against the GOP in N...
  	Fri May 09, 2014 | motherjones.com Democrats plan to use a student loan bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as a wedge issue in the 2014 midterm elections, forcing Republican...

• Profiteering off the GI BillProfiteering off the GI Bill
  	Fri Apr 18, 2014 | america.aljazeera.com The GI Bill, passed in 1944, has played an important role in building the American middle class by giving millions of veterans a chance to attend college. It is a hallowed...

• Post grad survival 101: Tackling loan debtPost grad survival 101: Tackling loan debt
  	Sat May 24, 2014 'Tis the season for college graduates to turn the tassel. Although it can be an exciting time, many...

• Student Loan Debt Reaches New HighStudent Loan Debt Reaches New High
  	Fri May 23, 2014 Student Loan Debt now reaches 1.2 Trillion dollars as students continue to default and tuition's rise....

• Floor Speech on Student Loan DebtFloor Speech on Student Loan Debt
  	Wed Feb 12, 2014 Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on February 12, 2014 about the student loan debt...

• Obama Proposes New System for Rating CollegesObama Proposes New System for Rating Colleges
  	Thu Aug 22, 2013 Calling higher education an "economic imperative," President Barack Obama is pushing for a new rating...

• Watch Obama Announce New Plan for College Affor...Watch Obama Announce New Plan for College Affor...
  	Thu Aug 22, 2013 In order to control soaring costs for higher education, President Barack Obama announced a new...

• Student loan debt reaches $1 trillionStudent loan debt reaches $1 trillion
  	Thu Jul 25, 2013 Student loan debt is now greater than Americans' collective credit card debt, and while Congress is...

• One Trillion Dollars, Student Debt and Higher E...One Trillion Dollars, Student Debt and Higher E...
  	Fri Jul 19, 2013 Greg Gottesman is a Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, a leading venture capital firm based in...

• Senator Stabenow is leading the fight to keep s...Senator Stabenow is leading the fight to keep s...
  	Tue Jul 09, 2013 Senator Stabenow speaks on the Senate floor about the importance of keeping higher education affordable...

• Sen. Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loa...Sen. Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loa...
  	Wed May 08, 2013 Senator Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, her first piece of stand-alone...

• Repayment: What to ExpectRepayment: What to Expect
  	Mon Nov 26, 2012 Are you unsure about the loan repayment process or wondering when you need to begin making loan payments?...

• Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?
  	Thu May 31, 2012 In his second report this week on student lending, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the...

• Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More P...Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More P...
  	Wed May 30, 2012 Americans owe $1 trillion in student loan debt. How did that happen, and what's the impact on the...