College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier

College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier

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More students are taking out private loans as college costs rise

Delece Smith-Barrow, The Hechinger Report May 8, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. –As our higher education system is turned upside down, there’s reason to worry that more students will take out private loans and struggle to pay them back. Private student loan...

As more Latinos go to college, schools vie to become Hispanic-Serving Institutions

As more Latinos go to college, schools vie to become Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Delece Smith-Barrow, The Hechinger Report October 18, 2018

ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Central Florida opened during the civil rights movement, and from the beginning school leaders made racial diversity a priority. In 1969, the school established a black...

New study: Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others

New study: Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others

Delece Smith-Barrow, The Hechinger Report September 24, 2018

There’s great disparity in the way that college graduates pay back student loans. Among black bachelor’s degree holders, 21 percent defaulted on their student loans within 12 years of entering college,...

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