Peter Turchin wrote an essay for Nature magazine, in which he predicted growing instability for the United States and Europe. Why? Turchin thinks western society has produced too many graduates with advanced degrees. This “overproduction of elites” has...
Peter Turchin wrote an essay for Nature magazine, in which he predicted growing instability for the United States and Europe. Why? Turchin thinks western society has produced too many graduates with advanced degrees. This “overproduction of elites” has...
If you are thinking about enrolling in a pricey Ivy League graduate program, read a recent Wall Street Journal article titled “‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off.” Reporters Melissa Korn...
Student loan borrowers hoping that President Biden will extend the current moratorium on student loan payments just got a huge boost.
FedLoan Servicing’s announcement that it will end its contract will impact millions — and there may be more changes. Student loan servicing transfers are historically disruptive. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.
A 12-foot long python escaped from the Blue Zoo Aquarium in Baton Rouge a few days ago, and the Fire Department began looking for it in the Mall of Louisiana.But do not worry. A Blue Zoo spokesperson said that Cara (the snake’s name) is “a very sweet...
A major student loan servicing shakeup is in the works as FedLoan Servicing, one of the Department of Education’s primary student loan servicers, seeks to exit the business.
Congress is considering multiple new bills that could dramatically overhaul credit reporting for private student loan borrowers and other consumers.
So you want to be a college professor. You enjoy writing, research, and teaching. You want to live in a world of ideas. Why not academia?It may seem like a nice life. Most professors have almost complete control of their time. They are required to teach their classes...
Many of my readers follow my blog on FeedBurner, but that service is being eliminated this month. I am now signed up with follow.it, an alternative to Feedburner. If you would like to know more about this service, here is the link: https://follow.it I generally post...
The Biden administration may have just given proponents of broad student loan forgiveness a reason to hold out hope that the President will take action on student debt.
Afghanistan soldiers guarding Bagram Airfield woke up Tuesday morning to discover that the U.S. Army had sneaked out in the night without telling its ally. But the Army left some going-away gifts to soften the blow: several hundred armored vehicles, small arms, and...
Afghanistan soldiers guarding Bagram Airfield woke up Tuesday morning to discover that the U.S. Army had sneaked out in the night without telling its ally. But the Army left some going-away gifts to soften the blow: several hundred armored vehicles, small arms, and...
The Biden administration last week announced changes to a key grant program for teachers that has been under fire for complex bureaucratic requirements and poor management.
President Biden has not enacted broad student loan forgiveness. But that doesn’t mean the idea is dead. Here’s the latest.
Massachusetts police arrested eleven armed men on Interstate 95 over the Fourth of July weekend. A spokesperson for the arrestees said group members are “Moorish Americans,” who were peaceably headed for Maine to do some training. And why...
Massachusetts police arrested eleven armed men on Interstate 95 over the Fourth of July weekend. A spokesperson for the arrestees said group members are “Moorish Americans,” who were peaceably headed for Maine to do some training. And why...
Massachusetts police arrested eleven armed men on Interstate 95 over the Fourth of July weekend. A spokesperson for the arrestees said group members are “Moorish Americans,” who were peaceably headed for Maine to do some training. And why...
In 2015, Dr. Reinhold Munker was a tenured professor of medicine at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport (LSU), where he conducted research in hematology and oncology.Apparently, Dr. Munker’s work environment was not ideal. After a staff...
Almost every day, I see a television ad for an investment firm that targets retirees. “Don’t just retire,” the tv spokesperson says. “Retire well.”Of course, everyone wants to retire well. For most of us, that means retiring with our...
About 40 million student borrowers got some relief last year when the Department of Education allowed student debtors to temporarily skip their loan payments due to the COVID crisis.Even better, DOE did not charge interest on student loans during the forbearance...
In a recent Wall Street Journal essay, R. R. Reno, Editor of First Things, wrote that he had stopped hiring graduates from elite colleges. He noted that he had watched a Zoom meeting of students at Haverford College (Reno’s alma mater), where students...
Violence is on the rise in Baton Rouge. Last year’s homicide rate–114 killings–set a new record, and we will probably break that record this year. Some of these killings occur near my neighborhood–the venerable College Town subdivision, where...
Interest rates, as the tv hucksters constantly remind us, are near historic lows. So now is an excellent time to refinance your mortgage–maybe take out some equity to upgrade the bathrooms, take a little vacation, or purchase a home entertainment center.Or maybe...
The chickens have come home to roost. The federal government allowed millions of homeowners to suspend payments on their mortgages during the COVID crisis. Now that moratorium is ending, and all those missed payments are now due.Many American homeowners–maybe...
Bentley University, a private university in the Boston area, offers a new major this fall: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Gary David, a sociology professor, was part of the design team for the new program. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, David...
My wife and I recently traveled to Waco, Texas, to attend a dear friend’s funeral. Our drive home to Baton Rouge took us through College Station, the home of Texas A & M University.We had left Waco early in the morning without eating breakfast, and we were...
I occasionally see television and print advertisements for weight-loss programs. Invariably, these ads show a slim, young, attractive woman with perfect teeth or a handsome young man with great hair and six-pack abs. We are encouraged to believe that these beautiful...
Interest rates, as the tv hucksters constantly remind us, are near historic lows. So now is an excellent time to refinance your mortgage–maybe take out some equity to upgrade the bathrooms, take a little vacation, or purchase a home entertainment center.Or maybe...
The chickens have come home to roost. The federal government allowed millions of homeowners to suspend payments on their mortgages during the COVID crisis. Now that moratorium is ending, and all those missed payments are now due.Many American homeowners–maybe...
Bentley University, a private university in the Boston area, offers a new major this fall: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Gary David, a sociology professor, was part of the design team for the new program. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, David...
My wife and I recently traveled to Waco, Texas, to attend a dear friend’s funeral. Our drive home to Baton Rouge took us through College Station, the home of Texas A & M University.We had left Waco early in the morning without eating breakfast, and we were...
I occasionally see television and print advertisements for weight-loss programs. Invariably, these ads show a slim, young, attractive woman with perfect teeth or a handsome young man with great hair and six-pack abs. We are encouraged to believe that these beautiful...
Almost every day, I see a television ad for an investment firm that targets retirees. “Don’t just retire,” the tv spokesperson says. “Retire well.”Of course, everyone wants to retire well. For most of us, that means retiring with our...
About 40 million student borrowers got some relief last year when the Department of Education allowed student debtors to temporarily skip their loan payments due to the COVID crisis.Even better, DOE did not charge interest on student loans during the forbearance...
In a recent Wall Street Journal essay, R. R. Reno, Editor of First Things, wrote that he had stopped hiring graduates from elite colleges. He noted that he had watched a Zoom meeting of students at Haverford College (Reno’s alma mater), where students...
