Heather HigginBottom's Stale Suggestions: Same Ole Sorry Message

The White House is spitting out the same ole sorry message about how they are helping student loan debtors.The focus remains on prospective ...

Turning War Veterans Into Indentured Educated Citizens

Regardless of the critics going after Sen. Harkin, I will continue to applaud him for his recent efforts to combat the for-profits. At least...

Good-Bye Korea, Hello Home - plus the best present ever (AEM, Inc!)

Annyeong Korea! It's Christmas Eve in Korea. I have no Christmas tree. I have no lights. I have no new dog. I just shipped the puppy-poo...

Willing to speak up about suicide for the indentured educated class?

I am in touch with someone at CNN who is interested in my research on suicide and student loan debtors. They want to move forward with this ...

A Former Law Student Confesses: "I think about jumping from the 27th floor of my office building every day."

As most of you know, I am currently working on an article about suicide and student loan debt. Earlier this week, Matt Stannard from Shared ...

Debt And Suicide: Interview On Shared Sacrifice

Yesterday evening I was interviewed by Matt Stannard at Shared Sacrifice. Our focus was student loan debt and suicide. If you weren't ab...

Former For-Profit Instructor Shares

I've been on a for-profit kick lately (see my previous posts entitled, " Screw U " and " Sordid Relationships And Broken ...

Screw U

Here's yet another damning clip about for-profits. Please share this post with as many people as you can. The problem, in my view, is bi...

Mass Suicide?

Earlier this year J. Devoy raised the question of mass suicide among debtors in a piece entitled (yeah, you guessed it), "Would mass su...

If You Have Borrowed from Sallie Mae Please Read Immediately: Arthur, et al. v. Sallie Mae, Inc.

If your lender is Sallie Mae, I encourage you to read this page carefully. One of my readers sent it to me, and I wish to thank them for th...

True? 12% of Harvard Business Grad Failing to Repay Their Loans.

So I hear. That's what the wonderful EduBubble recently wrote about. What's worse? Those who went to other business schools (as men...

Biggest Fear: Dying In Some Urine Drenched Old Folks Home

When working on the topic of death, in this case suicidal thoughts expressed by student loan debtors , it seems inevitable that my own thoug...