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Sezzle Offers College Kids BNPL for Buying Textbooks
Sezzle Offers College Kids BNPL for Buying Textbooks
December 20, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Sezzle wants to make it easier for college students. The company on Tuesday (Dec. 20) launched a partnership with...

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CFPB: Colleges Need to Protect Students From ‘Junk Fees’
CFPB: Colleges Need to Protect Students From ‘Junk Fees’
October 13, 2022  |  CFPB

America’s colleges have more work to do when it comes to protecting students from so-called “junk fees,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Thursday...

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JPMorgan Chase Buys College Aid Platform Frank
JPMorgan Chase Buys College Aid Platform Frank
September 21, 2021  |  Loans

JPMorgan Chase has acquired online college planning platform Frank, according to a CNBC report Tuesday (Sept. 21), adding tools to help more than 5 million...

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College Students Seek Lower Fall Tuition As Schools Plan To Stick With Digital Classes
College Students Seek Lower Fall Tuition As Schools Plan To Stick With Digital Classes
July 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Some college students are demanding lower tuition for the coming academic year because many schools are moving toward partial or complete online instruction instead of...

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Federal College Aid Applications Fall As Pandemic Upsets Student Plans
Federal College Aid Applications Fall As Pandemic Upsets Student Plans
July 06, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The count of high school seniors seeking federal college aid dropped by almost 50 percent compared to levels in 2019 in the beginning weeks of...

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Flywire Launches Charitable Foundation To Foster Equality For The Underrepresented
Flywire Launches Charitable Foundation To Foster Equality For The Underrepresented
June 23, 2020  |  Healthcare

Flywire is looking to offer four scholarships to students from underrepresented areas or backgrounds studying medicine, global health and social justice, a press release from...

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Higher Education Eyes Freezing Tuition
Higher Education Eyes Freezing Tuition
May 08, 2020  |  Debt

The College of William and Mary, hoping to court new applicants even as a financial crisis grips the world, has announced a rollback of the...

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Testing, Cleaning Rules Needed Before Schools Reopen, Public Health Experts Say
Testing, Cleaning Rules Needed Before Schools Reopen, Public Health Experts Say
May 04, 2020  |  Economy

With talk about reopening the U.S. economy come questions around how schools are going to handle reopening. Labor and public health experts say extending school closures...

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Why Going Digital Isn’t Quite A Blanket Solution For COVID-19
Why Going Digital Isn’t Quite A Blanket Solution For COVID-19
March 26, 2020  |  Coronavirus

In a world where options for going out are severely limited by the national social distancing plan in place, using digital tools to bring the...

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