Toronto A trillion dollars in student debt is on the books in the USA. The Department of Education paid $1.4 billion to bloodsucking debt collection agencies last year. Debt collectors refer to the process as “lip smacking,” an “oil well” of opportunity, and so forth. The government claims it will collect almost 85 cents on …
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Cost of Higher Education Stirring Students to Streets in Montreal
New Orleans I had not been paying enough attention to a random piece about students rallying in Montreal until my coattails were pulled the other day by a friend and colleague, Eric Shragg, who is a professor, author, and activist in that city. In a brief email he mentioned that the increase in US-terms was …