#Student

STUDENT LOANS WERE NOT ALWAYS LEGAL. They changed everything. A thread. In the 20th c, we created an economic system that made college crucial to financial success. Then we claimed
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Let me explain to you why the current #studentloans system is so corrupt and why if they are going to provide loan forgiveness they look at all student debt going
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AahhhHHAAaah okay I have a good one. It was awful but let my shame be your entertainment. So let’s go back to the 90s, when sweet wide-eyed Emily started her
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Hey #AcademicTwitter, since it's course evaluations season, you should make sure to remind your students about the well-documented racial and gender bias in student course evals. Yesterday I had multiple
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Grading isn’t fun but easily the worst thing about the end of the term is hearing people talk about their baffling students who almost certainly have uncontrolled ADHD Not starting
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One of the things that makes me so frustrated about all this education talk is that covid is giving us a perfect opportunity to re-imagine the whole construct of public
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Tonight I found myself on the Clearing House website once again looking for universities that accepts first degrees graduates who have a 2:2 and no further educational achievements (MSc or
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DATA! On Friday @usedgov announced how it will execute on @POTUS EO order to collect data on school reopening. Finally the fed gov't doing some data collection on what’s going
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Suppose you grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. Your family didn’t have a lot of money. You never thought about public vs. private as you contemplated your options in high-school.
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Whilst we hoped we would not need to take this action again once again our 3rd years have been asked to be part of the response. We will work with partners
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Finally ready to jump into the student loan debt cancellation discussion with some thoughts! Much ink has already been spilled so not sure I have dramatically new insights to add,
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Any time one of the students I TA asks me "how should I study for the midterm?" I should really start my email reply with "I am not a lawyer
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Bad take. I'm a first gen college grad. I was born into a single parent household on Chicago's south side. My hood was once a middle class haven but by
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Have I ever discussed how most SAT and ACT classes are designed to be ineffective so they can produce leads for group tutoring and only tutors who care design them
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Academics: it's a struggle for both us & our students to teach & learn via zoom etc. Please let's make it easier for students. This is what I tell students
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@BetsyDeVosED I have a few questions for you. If a teacher tests positive for COVID-19 are they required to quarantine for 2-3 weeks? Is their sick leave covered, paid? If
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