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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

Even if the minimum protected income was adjusted for inflation, beneficiaries would likely still experience hardship, such as food insecurity and problems paying utility bills. A higher threshold could protect borrowers against hardship more effectively.

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Why Study in Germany – Universities, Admission, Tuition Fees, Post-study Work Permit and Work Opportunities

Buddy4Study

International students are not permitted to enrol at German higher education institutions without proof of health insurance that is recognised in Germany. The student tariff towards health insurance comes to around 110 EUR a month and is available until he/she is 30 years old or has completed his/her 14th subject-related semester.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

If we’re talking about earning a degree as a metric of success, it’s not an insurance policy where you’re definitely going to find a good job. There can be a transportation, childcare, or food insecurity barrier. Zack Mabel 09:58 That’s exactly right.

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

And maybe some debt forgiveness from the Federal Government. Assume that the federal government will take 18%, leaving the student with $46,107 in take-home pay (not including any state taxes, which we won’t calculate just yet). Auto insurance? Oh, and then there is health insurance. Hope and dreams.

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Debunking U.S. History

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The tragic truth is that as a result of displacement, destruction of food supplies and deliberate slaughter, the number of Native Americans did fall to 248,000 in 1890. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M.

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How might we do climate action in academia under a second Trump administration? (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

Climate change under Trump: pressures on higher education To begin with, the threat is that president Trump will undo federal support for climate action across the board (for evidence of this, see statements in Agenda 47, Project 2025, and elsewhere). Beyond the federal government, Trump can cause spillover effects at state and local levels.