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Biden seeks student debt relief for millions
The sweeping new proposals, if enacted, could ease student loan debt for millions of borrowers.
A lot of kids got to see the last total eclipse. What they remember may surprise you
Total solar eclipse chasers say that seeing the moon block out the sun, revealing the corona, is a life-changing experience. Kids, on the other hand, remember eating moon pies.
Nebraska high school students learn how to channel their beliefs into action
Students from Nebraska learn how to lobby for causes that matter to them.
Texas gov blames pro-Palestinian students in new free speech order for universities
Pro-Palestinian student groups named in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order to public universities and colleges to revise free speech policies to address antisemitism say they're being singled out.
This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones
Colleges don't yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there's pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible.
'I would have chosen a different school': App State art students protest learning conditions
Art students at Appalachian State University are continuing to protest what they say are unsafe learning conditions. They’re taking classes in a building that is under active construction.
These identical twins both grew up with autism, but took very different paths
Sam and John Fetters are identical twins with autism. But Sam is in college, while John still struggles to form sentences. Their experience may shed light on the disorder's mix of nature and nurture.
Ragsdale High School choir students to perform at Carnegie Hall this summer
Forty choir students from Guilford County will be performing at New York City's renowned Carnegie Hall this summer. The Ragsdale high schoolers say they think the experience will change their lives.
California colleges provide abortion pills but many fail to make students aware
Despite a law mandating that they offer the pills, many campus health clinics don't publicize that they have them, leaving students struggling to track them down off-campus.