Homo Ludens

Don't forget it, folks. You read it here. Being playfully subversive is serious business. Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Kermesse (1567-68) ...

Scamblogging Mafia

Awesome! A hearty congratulations to your hard-work getting recognized again . Y'all make me proud. I heart each and everyone of you!!! ...

Quick Post: Who's Ted Nugent?

Ted Nugent wrote a nasty piece about how Millennials are lazy, apathetic, blah, blah, blah. It was published in some newspaper that nobody r...

Sloppy Reporting, Slopping Thinking, Sloppy Dept. of Ed Officials - A Reader Weighs In

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

USA Today: Illness and Injury can cause 'ruinous' consequences for those with student loan debt

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

STAY TUNED: Carpenters and Demolishers

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

October 6 - Washington DC

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

Borrower Receives Misinformation about IBR from Sallie Mae

A distressed borrower named Amy called me today for help on her student loans. She was very distraught, because she and her husband are havi...

Serious Fantasy: The Institute for the Indentured Educated Class

There is this big, somewhat ugly house next to where I am currently living. It has been stripped clean, and the owners have been gone for we...

Quick Post: Victor E. Cilli Arrested and Charge in Student Loan Ponzi Scheme

Victor E. Cilli, 45, was arrested by FBI agents in New Jersey. Cilli, a day trader, is accused of stealing $1.5 million from a Cleveland Ban...

Dept. of Education's SWAT Team Story - Insider from the Department of Education Comments?

There are a number of higher education policy experts who share their thoughts on AEM. Congressional aides and student advocate groups also ...

Thomas Cooley Law School - What Are They Hiding?

If you recently attended and graduated from Thomas Cooley Law School, please send me an email (ccrynjohannsen AT gmail DOT com). A little bi...

Great Depression Deux and Fukushima

Folks, if you have been following the news about Fukushima, it becomes grimmer by the day. One political official there said that Japan migh...

UPDATED 6/9/2011 (6:19 EST) Viral Wildfire: Terrified Debtors Spread The Word About Department of Education's SWAT Team

UPDATES ARE BELOW THE IMAGE Yesterday morning few people were aware of what had happened to Kenneth Wright's rights in Stockton, Califor...

Breaking News: Copy of the Warrant!

As all of you know, I've been writing all day about the case in Stockton, California. Thanks to a great contact on Facebook, they provid...

UPDATE The Department of Education S.W.A.T. Team Fiasco

See my latest article over at USA Today  about the Department's S.W.A.T. fiasco. I will provide updates if warranted. If the warrant isn...

MUST SEE Infographic: What Rising Student Loan Default Looks Like

Stay tuned for more updates on the unfolding story about the Department of Education's SWAT Team fiasco . I'm covering that situatio...

UPDATE III

The Department of Education is claiming now that it wasn't for a loan when a SWAT team broke down the door of a man's home in Stockt...

UPDATE II : Department's Response (via Twitter) To SWAT Team Bustin' Down Man's Door

This story is unfolding quickly. Here's what the Department claims : Education Department Press Secretary Justin Hamilton said in a stat...

UPDATE: Department's Response (via Twitter) To SWAT Team Bustin' Down Man's Door

Earlier this morning I learned about a news story from Stockton, CA. A man, who's wife defaulted on her student loans, claimed that the...

BREAKING NEWS: JackbootED Thugs: Big Brother Comes a-Knockin'

So as you can see, the Department of Education has absolutely no interest in helping borrowers. This piece of news is shameful and disgustin...

Critical Tidbit: Canadian Politician Urges B.C. Government to Eliminate Interest on Student Loans

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

Classroom Time For The Reader Who Said: "No 'solutions' are needed as there is no problem"

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

Yet Another Anemic Move: The Whittled Down 'Gainful Employment' Rule

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

BREAKING: Department of Education Releases Gainful Employment Ruling

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

GUEST POST: Raymar Hampshire Talks About A New Form of Volunteering

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...

Online Corporate Whore News Reports: Nelnet's In The Resume Writin' Biz!

Copyright Notice:   If you are not reading this at  All Education Matters , and unless I've explicitly given an individual or entity per...