Feds kick off loan counseling experiment on select college campuses; DeVry agrees to $100 million settlement with the FTC; Gun-friendly Liberty University to open on-campus shooting range; United Negro College Fund: HBCU students are shouldering heavy debt burdens; Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim Army officer killed in Iraq, to be honored at U-Va.; Democratic senators press Trump’s education pick Betsy DeVos to pay years-old $5.3 million fine; ‘We have a right to exist.’ White supremacist fliers reported at the University of Maryland; Trump’s presidency could radically change colleges’ response to sexual assault; A professor called Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism.’ Death threats forced her to flee.;
 
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Feds kick off loan counseling experiment on select college campuses
Fifty-one colleges and universities are participating in a pilot to test the effectiveness of adding more counseling sessions and using a variety of tools to help students manage their debt.
DeVry agrees to $100 million settlement with the FTC
The for-profit college company is resolving allegations that it lied about the employment and earnings of its graduates in numerous radio, television, online and print advertisements.
 
Gun-friendly Liberty University to open on-campus shooting range
Liberty University plans to open a shooting complex on campus.
 
United Negro College Fund: HBCU students are shouldering heavy debt burdens
A persistent racial wealth gap, waning investment in higher education and limited institutional resources are driving up the rate of borrowing at historically black colleges and universities, the report says.
 
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Colleges are still cutting deals with Wall Street to peddle debit cards to students
Banks are still peddling accounts riddled with fees to college students, taking advantage of a loophole in regulations meant to curb controversial financial agreements that yield millions of dollars for universities.
 
Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim Army officer killed in Iraq, to be honored at U-Va.
U.S. Army Captain killed in a car-bombing in 2004 will be honored with a plaque at the Rotunda on U-Va.' s campus.
 
Democratic senators press Trump’s education pick Betsy DeVos to pay years-old $5.3 million fine
DeVos's political action committee was fined $5.3 million for campaign finance violations in Ohio eight years ago, but never paid the debt.
 
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‘We have a right to exist.’ White supremacist fliers reported at the University of Maryland
"Defending your people is a social duty not an anti-social crime," one read.
 
Trump’s presidency could radically change colleges’ response to sexual assault
A lawyer anticipates that a Trump administration is likely to transform the way sexual assault allegations are handled on college campuses, giving greater deference to law enforcement and requiring more evidence
 
A professor called Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism.’ Death threats forced her to flee.
Olga Perez Stable Cox, a professor at Orange Coast College, received violent threats and a photo of her home over email.
 
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