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By Andrew Kreighbaum In the latter half of the 2000s, it became commonplace for regulators and policy analysts to refer to the “Wild West” landscape of student lending, especially private student loans. A decade later, the Consumer Financial Protection...

Everyone has heard about the student debt crisis. More than 42 million people owe a total of $1.3 trillion in student debt. In California, the average debt for an individual graduating from a four-year institution is $21,382. Student debt isn’t new,...

If you have, or will have, student loans, the name Betsy DeVos is someone that you should know. DeVos is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education and, if confirmed by the U.S. Senate following her confirmation hearing on...

Students pull a mock “ball & chain” representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) By Jana Kasperkevic For many young people, the rising cost of a college education, and the perceived need to get one...

The Purpose of Harvard Law School Marina N. Bolotnikova The Purpose of Harvard Law School This past year, Harvard Law School (HLS) experienced an intensely public moral crisis. After the portraits of African-American professors were found defaced...