Tlaloc Fierro spent only a couple of semesters at Eckerd College, dropping out in the spring of 2007. But the $500 debt they accrued while there — and the consequences of it — followed Fierro for ...

Students from a number of Maine’s colleges and universities are publicly calling on administrators to support legislation that would prevent schools from withholding transcripts from those who owe ...

In its Thursday meeting, the Student Assembly passed resolutions protecting Haven — the Cornell LGBTQ+ student union — from exposing members’ identities and proposed Election Day be recognized as a ...

Blanket policies to withhold academic transcripts from students with outstanding loan debt to colleges are “abusive under the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” the Consumer Financial Protection ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Tuesday March 28th, marks six weeks since Stone Academy announced it was closing its doors on hundreds of students. Students still do not have their own transcripts. An I-Team ...

Colleges with harmful transcript ransom policies refuse to release student transcripts due to unpaid tuition, on-campus parking tickets, books, fines or fees. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger ...

A proposed state law would prevent Georgia colleges from using a student owing money to the school as a reason to withhold a student’s transcript should they need it for a job. House Bill 39, filed ...

Graduation can be unachievable for students with institutional debt. Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. The Student Loan Fund is a student ...

A college transcript is one of the most vital components of any application, whether to graduate school or a company. At Cornell, student transcripts list course names, grades received and, most ...

California led the nation in 2020, outlawing a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. But five years later, 24 of the state’s ...