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Roughly $330 million in debt for 35,000 students who attended the now-shuttered ITT Tech will be canceled thanks to a settlement in conjunction with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the attorneys general of nearly 50 states announced this week.

This year, the ranking addresses important issues directly impacting students and their families, according to U.S. News. The report took into consideration timely topics such as student debt, social mobility and test-blind admissions policies.

Senators pressed college athletic directors and administrators on the effects of allowing student-athletes to profit under new name-image-likeness laws.

Borrowers selecting 10-year fixed-rate loans in August prequalified for rates averaging 4.31%.

College businesses continue to fight for survival as they tread through volatility. As major sports games resume with reduced capacity, students leave campus and towns implement more restrictions on restaurants and bars, local economies are at tipping point. 

As you enter the workforce after graduation, you should get started on the right financial path. Here are six tips to help you manage your money wisely.

Liberty University is faced with an opportunity.

During his time at Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. made sure his entire family fed on the cash cow by putting his two sons and their wives on the payroll. He also transferred a large Liberty facility to his personal trainer and had a friend's construction company manage a university expansion project that cost hundreds of millions, according to Reuters.

Traditional back-to-school businesses are experiencing a shake-up as the nation transitions to the start of a new school year, according to Yelp’s recent economic report.

College students are creating new ways to make money like like Texas A&M sophomore Tamarek Sweat's custom clothing business, which services more than 30 universities.

Recently released emails that were uncovered amidst a lawsuit accusing Brown University of violating a 22-year-old agreement to provide gender equity in varsity sports in accordance with federal Title IX mandates, wrote about their hopes that they could kill the agreement altogether and called it a “pestilential thing.”

Liberty University owes Jerry Falwell Jr.

As universities continue to move to remote learning and students are asked to terminate residential housing plans, many Universities are scrambling to reconfigure a path forward in order to prevent major finanical losses and make students whole. 

More students are opting for public institutions closer to home, data shows.

A NASA researcher employed by Texas A&M University was taken into custody Sunday and charged with conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud related to his ties with Chinese organizations.

In a financial breakdown shared in her GoFundMe, Vitoria Mario showed donors that the acquired funds would go to her accommodation, equipment and assorted living costs such as food, transport, gas, electricity and more.

Instagram has deleted an account that claimed to throw “COVID parties” at Arizona State University after the school sued Facebook and the owner of the account on Thursday on allegations that the account improperly used the school’s logos and trademarks.

As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remote learning is worth the full cost.

Some students are indicating that they want to be close to universities even if classes are remote due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to DMG Investments COO Jeff Amengual.

The NCAA lost $375 million in revenue after it canceled the men's and women's basketball tournaments earlier this year.