Trina Thompson, A Jobless Grad, Sues Monroe College

A Monroe College grad Trina Thompson, 27, found herself at the Bronx Supreme Court filing a lawsuit against her college instead of being happily employed upon graduation. Thompson is suing her college for $70,000, the cost of tuition she paid to get her now useless...

Better education benefits on horizon for Soldiers, families

"WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 12, 2009) -- A full ride to college is on the way for qualified Soldiers and veterans. The "Post-9/11 Veteran's Education Assistance Act Of 2008," sometimes called the "Post-9/11 G.I. Bill," paves the way for thousands of qualified...

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day. Well, after reading the origin of AprilFool's day, I am quite confused. You might want to search it yourselfor look at wikipedia. However, in tradition, the jokes only last untilnoon. But when I was in my secondary school, we played madly.Almost10...

Opportunity and Affordability Act promises student borrowers' rights

"The act would increase financial aid for low-income and minority students, demand transparency in reporting college endowment spending and require colleges to explain tuition increases. "

Thousands call for swift end to Iraq war

"Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that read: "Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GIs Die" or "Drop Tuition Not Bombs.""

Grind Corps: UK Police to Get Skateboarding Lessons

I don't know if teaching police officers how to skate will make them more cool, but it will give them the advantage in pursuit of perps who are trying to escape via half-pipe or stairway rail..."Police are being sent skateboarding in an attempt to cultivate a “cooler”...

More students to receive grants

"More students from poorer families in England are to receive full grants for university living costs. Students whose families earn less than £25,000 a year will get a full grant - up from the present level of £18,000. Those in families earning up to £60,000 a year will...

Germany: Cloaking PR as Grassroots Movement

What is in the mail sounds like student startup: New homepage “by students for  students”. It was the authors' intention, states the page, to make transparent how  German universities use tuition fees that had been introduced at most public  universities...

Dade Firefighter Charged In Tuition Caper

" March 30, 2007 Florida - A Miami-Dade firefighter who once served in Iraq as a National Guardsman has been arrested after police say he was took $7,235.00 in illegal reimbursements as part of the county's troubled tuition reimbursement program. Alvio Dominguez, 39, was...