Student loan debt and unemployment both up, what is the alternative?

A new report from the Project on Student Debt shows that the average student loan debt went up 6 percent last year to an average of $24,000 at the same time that the recent graduate unemployment rate jumped to 8.7 percent in 2009, the highest annual rate in history.

 You can read the CNN report on this . . . → Read More: Student loan debt and unemployment both up, what is the alternative?

Armed with a diploma, he now cleans college toilets

Perhaps no story about what’s wrong with American higher education is more poignant than that of Sam Fanning of Eastern Michigan University.

After receiving his bachelor diploma from the college in December, he went to work as a janitor at his alma mater. The bottom line is this: He owes $35,000 in student loans and his payments . . . → Read More: Armed with a diploma, he now cleans college toilets

Police suspect date rape drug at college drinking party

A party near Central Washington University over the weekend resulted in a dozen students becoming sick from what police suspect may be a date rape drug. Eleven of the twelve victims were women.

Police found one student unconscious in her car in the next town and tracked the student down to the party at a summer home. . . . → Read More: Police suspect date rape drug at college drinking party