Author: Nola Jones

The fact that a professor’s dismissal more than a century ago contributed to the establishment of one of the most enduring institutions in American higher education is somewhat ironic. Arthur O. Lovejoy resigned from Stanford University in protest in 1900 after economist Edward Alsworth Ross was fired for opposing the use of Chinese labor on the Southern Pacific Railroad by Jane Stanford, the railroad tycoon’s widow. Lovejoy remembered. Fifteen years later, he and philosopher John Dewey formally founded the American Association of University Professors in a meeting room at the Chemists’ Club in New York City. Fundamentally, it was an…

For many years, the conventional wisdom regarding osteoarthritis has been as follows: control your discomfort, prevent further damage, and eventually replace the joint completely when conditions worsen. Despite affecting about 32 million Americans and costing the healthcare system more than $130 billion a year, this treatment approach has changed surprisingly little over time. For this reason, it seems worthwhile to pay attention to what is currently emerging from Colorado. Researchers at Colorado State University, CU Anschutz Medical Campus, and the University of Colorado Boulder have created two experimental treatments that, in animal experiments, not only slowed but also reversed osteoarthritis.…

It began with smoke that no one could locate right away, as these things frequently do. On Tuesday, June 30, just before three in the morning, people living close to South 17th Street awoke to an unpleasant-smelling darkness. When Guadalupe Ramírez went outside, neighbors were already gathered on the sidewalk, looking up at the sky as the black plume rose. The fire had already decided its own course by the time Milwaukee Fire Department units reached 1817 West Lincoln Avenue. Since 1917, Milwaukee’s south side has been home to Lincoln Avenue School. That equates to 109 years of parents sitting…

Robert Lee is seventy-one years old. He still owes $51,000 on student loans that he took out almost thirty years ago for his children’s education rather than for himself. He resides in Auburn, Maine. He has paid off about $15,000 of the initial $66,000 after all these years of payments. It’s a very unsettling picture when you do the math. “I feel like Jimmy Stewart in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,'” Lee said to the Wall Street Journal. “I’m worth more dead than I am alive.” It’s not overly dramatic. Student loan debt has quietly emerged as one of the most…

The federal student loan system seemed like a maze with no obvious way out for many years. It was complicated in ways that harmed the very people it was meant to assist, such as multiple repayment plans, overlapping forgiveness programs, and changing income thresholds. After examining that system, the Trump administration made the decision to dismantle the majority of it. The changes are no longer theoretical as of July 1. They are present. The Biden-era SAVE program, or Saving on a Valuable Education, was one of the most generous income-driven repayment options ever developed. Approximately 7 million borrowers are affected…

The timing has an almost theatrical quality. A federal judge in Massachusetts intervened one day before the Trump administration’s new limitations on Public Service Loan Forgiveness were scheduled to go into effect, essentially saying, “Not so fast.” On June 30, U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun declared the Education Department’s updated PSLF program eligibility rules to be illegal, arbitrary, and in violation of First Amendment rights. In a related case brought by nonprofit organizations, Judge Amir H. Ali in Washington, D.C., issued a different decision that same day. The same outcome was reached by two distinct courts and two distinct…

Graduate education has never been inexpensive. Anyone who has signed loan documents for a professional degree or a master’s program is familiar with that specific feeling—the mixture of ambition and subdued fear that comes with taking out a five-figure loan just to keep the lights on while studying. The federal government basically said, “Borrow what you need,” for twenty years. July 1st marked the end of that era. The Graduate PLUS loan program is no longer available to new borrowers as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It was replaced by a more stringent, tiered system where…

For many years, it seemed as though a court decision or a change in policy would bring about another change to the federal student loan system. Programs for forgiveness came and went. Repayment restarts arrived after a delay. Borrowers learned to be cautious about their plans. However, as of July 1, the changes are official and genuine, no longer merely hypothetical. Approximately 7 million participants in the Biden-era income-driven repayment program, the SAVE plan, which was already on shaky legal ground, will suffer the most immediate disruption. Now that it is being phased out, the Department of Education will start…

Every September, bags of unwanted clothing, outdated kitchen appliances, and the odd jigsaw puzzle with three missing pieces fill charity stores all over the United Kingdom. School supplies are what you hardly ever see and what organizations discreetly claim they need the most. pens and notebooks. pencils with colors. A respectable school bag that won’t break by the middle of the term. It’s simple to believe that children in a nation with free public education have access to the necessary knowledge. However, that presumption is not entirely accurate. Over the past few years, families with school-age children have been using…

Terrion Arnold’s story could have taken a different turn before it even started. He arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2021 as a four-star recruit from John Paul II Catholic High School in Tallahassee, Florida. As a safety in high school, he was so good at basketball, running track, and covering receivers that Alabama wanted him before he had even played a single college snap. After that, he didn’t play a single game during his first year of redshirting. That kind of wait raises questions for many young players. Before momentum builds, it can be undermined. Apparently, Arnold made different use of…