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‘Not something that we’ve ever seen before’: As Trump takes aim at higher ed, private equity could wreak more havoc | The Boston Globe
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‘Not something that we’ve ever seen before’: As Trump takes aim at higher ed, private equity could wreak more havoc | The Boston Globe

“Eileen Connor worries that this is all very bad news for students. No one knows, for example, if the federal student loan portfolio will be privatized, says Connor, the president and executive director of PPSL. But if it is, that could mean that wealthier kids get to go to college and poorer kids become too big a risk.”

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University of Southern California social work students just sued the school | Business Insider
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University of Southern California social work students just sued the school | Business Insider

Last week, the Project on Predatory Student Lending filed a lawsuit on behalf of three graduates of USC's online Master of Social Work program, accusing the school of falsely advertising the online program and claiming it had the same offerings as USC's in-person program on campus, charging the same $100,000 tuition for both of the programs.

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