Archive for May, 2012

Canada student’s union says No support for tuition hikes

May 18, 2012

With Canada looking to cut down $44.5 million on annual spending over a four year period, but ensuing that tuition and quality of education stay the same is top priority says the president Jared Brown. In the town meeting it was announced that  $9.5 million cuts will be made, Some of the cuts announced yesterday [...]

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Mature students: would you consider living in halls?

May 4, 2012

Arriving at university straight out of sixth-form, I was one of a thousand fresh faces. But amid that sea of raucous teenagers there were a few older figures, sporting grey hairs and creeping crows-feet. In the flat next door to me, there lived an older man – we’re talking late thirties, early forties. It seemed [...]

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Student loans make up most of US debt

May 3, 2012

Graduation used to mean anticipation to enter the work force. Now, graduation means facing the reality of a high-price education and subsequent debt. Education and cars are the only two things Americans owe more toward than their credit card companies. According to National Public Radio (NPR), Americans owe $867 billion in student loans compared to [...]

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