Boston College Law School LGBT Center Vandalized; The Truth about Student Debt

Boston College Law School LGBT Center Vandalized. This morning hateful graffiti was found in the Lambda law students association office at Boston College Law School. Lambda, is a gay rights organization, and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is often involved in court cases fighting for the civil rights of the LGBT community. Boston College is now in the process of investigating the incident with the assistance of Newton Police Department. [Huffington Post]

The Truth about Student Debt.  With Student debt at the $1 trillion dollar mark, and with the delinquency rate rising, what are students in debt to do? A new empirical study of a nationwide sample of bankruptcy cases by Jason Iuliano, a Harvard Law School graduate, shows that in 40 percent of cases where a student loan debtor sought forgiveness of their loans as part of a bankruptcy case, the judge granted some relief. [The American Prospect]

Dawson College student who exposed security flaw still expelled. Ahmed Al-Khabaz, a former Dawson College student was expelled for discovering and reporting a flaw in the schools website. The flaw would allow anyone with a basic understanding of hacking to access student’s personal information through the schools computer system. After discovering the flaw, Al-Khabaz, reported it directly to the university without releasing the information to the public. After reporting it, Ahmed then followed up on the website to make sure the flaw was corrected but to his surprise he found out that he is being expelled from Dawson College. [Huffington Post]

College Dropout Crisis Revealed. The United States is facing a growing national crisis with approximately 46 percent of college students failing to graduate within six years. National leaders are issuing a call to action to figure out a solution to this problem. A proposition put forth by this coalition of national leaders calls for the reexamination of the financial aid system. They propose some fundamental changes to financial aid such as making the system simpler and more transparent. To have financial aid embrace innovations that serve non-traditional students. And urge Schools, States, and Students to share the responsibility to increase the number of graduates without compromising access and affordability.  [The Herald]

Charlie is a communications intern for Campus Progress.

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