Wall Street Journal: S&P Affirms Some Student-Loan ABS

When the country faced the debt ceiling fiasco, AEM discussed what could have potentially happened if the U.S. defaulted on its debt. I also...

From the Best to the Worst: For-Profits Are An Ivy-League Created Scam

Interesting. If you take a look at most of the top folks at Kaplan - their "leadership" squad - almost all of them went to Ivy Lea...

Assessing the Integrity of Individuals and Institutions Connected to Higher Education

As an advocate for student loan debtors, I've been around the block more than once. That means I've gotten to know most of the playe...

Pillow Talk for Tuition: Guys Are Doing It Too - They're Seeking Sugar Daddies To Pay Off Their Student Loans!

Wow. Shocker. Not really. So, Arianna Huffington was interviewed on MSNBC and discussed the student lending crisis. In that clip, which AEM ...

What makes you entitled?

Here's my answer: I am entitled because I want to rent my own apartment in the U.S.! What about you?

Part I: An Earthquake, Hurricane Irene, and AEM's Successful Trip To D.C.

As I mentioned in a previous piece , the trip to D.C. last week was tremendously productive. Most of you know that the trip made me feel goo...

What Superb Spin!!! University of Nebraska Students FINE with Tuition Increase

Haha. Sorry. Haha. Excuse me. Hahaha. Crap. I can't help it. Bahahahahahahaha. This article has me in stitches!!! Apparently, students a...

Uh . . . Conflict of Interest Maybe? Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning Owns Lake House With Two Nelnet Executives!

Have we as a society given up the pretense of even trying to look legitimate?!? This story is a gas. It turns out these people - the lenders...

Are you a former employee at Kaplan, University of Phoenix, etc.?

If you are a former employee at a for-profit "university," I'd like to talk to you. (I've spoken to numerous whistleblower...

Document Diary: Deliveries To Folks on the Hill

Since many of the folks, whom I met with in DC, are new contacts and had never met me before, I created two documents for them. The first on...

Leaving DC, And Already Planning A Return Trip

As many of you know, this trip to D.C. has been enormously productive. I will be providing a detailed report on what I accomplished, whom I ...

[Part III] The Author's Hour: Mike D. Hais and Morley Winograd Address the Public Perception of Millennials

If you are an author and interested in being featured in AEM's new series called,  "The Author's Hour,"  please send me an...

[Part II] The Author's Hour: Morley Winograd and Mike D. Hais Debunk Assumptions about Millennials

If you are an author and interested in being featured in AEM's new series called,  "The Author's Hour,"  please send me an...

The Author's Hour: Morley Winograd and Mike D. Hais and their Search to Understand Millennials

If you are an author and interested in being featured on AEM in this new series called, "The Author's Hour," please send me an...

AEM's Agenda, August 22: Congressman Hansen Clarke's Office and SparkAction.org

I am headed to the Hill today with a proposal in hand. It offers a multi-solution approach. First up? A meeting with  Congressman Hansen Cla...

[Announcement] New Series: The Author's Hour

I am pleased to announce a new series on AEM called "The Author's Hour." This series will entail interviews with  authors who...

Thomas Friedman Suggests We're Not Working Hard Enough - Are You F*$@ing Serious?!?

Does Mr. Friedman live under a rock? In a recent puff piece , he tries, with all of his intellectual might, to explain why people need to st...