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• Greece to school migrant children from September
• Clinton's Public College Plan Gives Wealthy Kids a Free Education
• Changes Coming to Student Loan Servicing

Greece to school migrant children from September Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:11 AM PDT Greece will hire hundreds of extra teachers to help thousands of migrant children join its public schools in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday. "The inclusion of all refugee children in the public school system will begin in September," Tsipras said in a televised address. Authorities have not given precise figures on how many refugee and migrant children are expected to enrol.

Clinton's Public College Plan Gives Wealthy Kids a Free Education Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:07 AM PDT Democrats may finally be waking up to the reality that free tuition at all public colleges and universities would be a giveaway to richer Americans who do not need help paying for higher education. Senator Tim Kaine, recently announced as Hillary Clinton's running mate, admitted as much in a Quora Q&A several weeks ago. This is different from Senator Bernie Sanders, Clinton's defeated rival for the Democratic nomination, who called for free tuition at all public institutions regardless of students' incomes.

Changes Coming to Student Loan Servicing Posted: 27 Jul 2016 07:02 AM PDT In March 2015, President Barack Obama made a pledge to students and student loan borrowers in the form of the Student Aid Bill of Rights. In addition to promising easier access to higher education and the means to pay for it, the pledge resolved to allow all borrowers to receive "quality customer service, reliable information, and fair treatment as they repay their loans." Last week, the Department of Education issued a playbook of sorts of how it intends to fulfill this objective. Over the last few years, the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have collected complaints and other feedback from borrowers, members of the student loan industry and consumer advocates.

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