Blanket policies to withhold academic transcripts from students with outstanding loan debt to colleges are “abusive under the Consumer Financial Protection Act,” the Consumer Financial Protection ...

In its Thursday meeting, the Student Assembly passed resolutions protecting Haven — the Cornell LGBTQ+ student union — from exposing members’ identities and proposed Election Day be recognized as a ...

Tlaloc Fierro spent only a couple of semesters at Eckerd College, dropping out in the spring of 2007. But the $500 debt they accrued while there — and the consequences of it — followed Fierro for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A California law bans colleges from withholding transcripts over debt. A recent study, however, found that 24 of ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The fire that significantly damaged Texas A&M University-Kingsville's Memorial Student Union is also creating more work for students needing transcripts. Charles Parker sent ...

A proposed ban to limit when colleges and universities can withhold a student’s transcript could help thousands of students, if not more than a million, access their credits and resume their college ...

Transcript withholding can make it difficult for students to apply for jobs even if they’ve graduated, since they can’t prove to prospective employers that they have a degree. By Meredith Kolodner ...

As her December graduation date approached, Kailee Morgan and some of her classmates didn’t know Howard University was in the process of switching the digital system used for filing student ...

A proposed state law would prevent Georgia colleges from using a student owing money to the school as a reason to withhold a student’s transcript should they need it for a job. House Bill 39, filed ...

When California outlawed transcript withholding in 2020, the state positioned itself at the forefront of a quiet but consequential higher-education reform. The move was designed to dismantle a ...