Janet Lorin
URI’s Dooley earns $426K in 2018
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley earned $426,333 in 2018, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education report issued this...
URI coach among parents, school officials charged in vast college-entrance scheme
NEW YORK – Parents, coaches and test administrators were among 46 people charged Tuesday in a sweeping criminal conspiracy that sought to help applicants...
College endowments hit record values, and maybe ire of lawmakers
NEW YORK - Harvard University’s $39.2 billion endowment has reached a record value. So did Yale. And Brown. And Dartmouth.
As many wealthy United States universities...
Navient ‘systematically’ cheated borrowers, CFPB alleges
WASHINGTON - Navient Corp., the largest servicer of student loans in the United States, was sued by a U.S. regulator over allegations that the...
Hedge-fund love affair is ending for U.S. pensions, endowments
About five years ago, Kentucky started investing some of its public-employee pension money with hedge funds. Sure, fees were high but the funds came...
Harvard Medical School receives $20M from Alpert foundation
Harvard University, the world’s richest school, will collect another multimillion donation, this one for its medical school.
The Warren Alpert Foundation has pledged $20 million...
Student-loan borrowers flock to payment-relief programs
NEW YORK - Student-loan borrowers are flocking to relief programs touted by President Barack Obama that lower their monthly payments and put them on...
Student-loan refinancing boom could cost U.S. taxpayers billions
NEW YORK - Chris Winiarz, a 31-year-old money manager with a Northwestern MBA, jumped at a student-loan deal of a lifetime.
A startup called SoFi...
Good news on college costs: U.S.student loan rates soon to drop
NEW YORK - In a rare bit of good news for students facing hefty college bills, interest rates on federal student loans are expected...
Harvard hits social media to attract record 37,000 applicants
NEW YORK - Harvard University said applications for this fall’s freshman class jumped 9 percent, to a record 37,305, after the school heightened recruiting...
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