by Sarah Green | Oct 3, 2016 | News, Student Issues
For-profit trade schools are predicated on getting people to pay, up front, for a short program that will get them a well-paying job. Like any other for-profit school, however, the reality is less than the promise. Students who attend these schools accumulate large...
by Sarah Green | Sep 28, 2016 | News, Student Issues
According to a recent study from the National Center for Children in Poverty and Columbia University, a large number of states in the U.S. utilize Medicaid to provide mental health services to poor children. That coverage isn’t perfect, but it’s certainly helpful. The...
by Sarah Green | Sep 23, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Photo: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com For anyone watching, September has been a domino chain of disaster for students at the for-profit educational franchise ITT Tech. In August, the federal Department of Education banned the company from enrolling any new students...
by Sarah Green | Sep 21, 2016 | News, Student Issues
We still don’t have a strong grasp on why we sleep. We know that not getting sleep can be extremely bad for you, but getting the right amount of sleep can be pretty helpful. A recent French study has shown that sleeping between lessons can actually help people learn...
by Sarah Green | Sep 19, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Football is a dangerous game, and society has started to pay a lot more attention to the injuries that can happen to players of that sport. The focus to this point has been largely on head injuries, and while those are certainly something to be concerned about, they...