Colleges & Universities
Nebraska Student Lender Still Must Pay
Nebraska Attorney General, Under Criticism, Rules Lender Must Pay
Angela Januzzi
August 14, 2007
Nebraska loan company Nelnet has been reordered to pay a large sum of money that, two weeks ago, it had been relieved of owing. A student lender based in Lincoln, Nelnet was initially ordered to pay $1 million to create a fund for instructing college students about savvy financing.
U Colorado Professor Fired
Professor Fired Who Paralleled 9/11 Victims to Nazis
Angela Januzzi
July 30, 2007
The University of Colorado’s Board of Regents announced the firing of Ward Churchill, the professor now infamous for his 2002 essay justifying the terrorists’ actions and comparing September 11th victims to Nazi totalitarians.
Financial Reports on Private Schools Improve
Most Private Schools’ Financial Statuses Improving, Says Report
Angela Januzzi
July 25, 2007
In the most recent debt ratings conducted by Standard and Poor analysis and released Tuesday, only five schools did not improve during the 2006 fiscal year.