2020

For President-elect Joe Biden to accomplish his goals during his first two years in office, he needs the Senate to turn blue. The likelihood of that happening could depend on Georgia’s youth voters, a group that swung heavily Democratic during the presidential election.  Currently, Republicans hold a 50-48 majority in the Senate (the two Independent… Read More

Joe Biden’s higher education story is quintessential. After graduating from the exclusive Archmere Academy, a private school in his hometown of Claymont, Delaware, the former vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate pushed his way through undergraduate and eventually law school, meeting his first wife along the way. At Archmere, Biden was a standout student… Read More

Raised in a working class family in Norman, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, Elizabeth Warren (née Herring) had dreams of being a teacher from a young age. Her family couldn’t afford college tuition, but the bright young Warren, an outstanding member of her high school debate team, was able to land a debate scholarship to George… Read More

Born in 1942 into a middle-class family in Medford, Massachusetts, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s higher education story is one of hard work, ambition and certainly a bit of luck. As a high school student, he worked part-time at a small electronics company in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts. During that time, his father was a bookkeeper… Read More

College is meant to be a time of self-discovery and self-improvement. And like many students before and after him, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) used his college years to mold himself into the man he is today. It’s not a surprise that the bulk of Sanders’ time in school was not spent on the… Read More

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has released a new higher education plan that would make community college free, double Pell Grants for low-income students and end the practice of legacy admissions, among other benefits.  Making college more affordable If elected, Bloomberg would make community college tuition-free for all students, something widely supported by the 2020… Read More

Although it’s often left off the debate stage, student loan debt is one of America’s most pressing issues. At this point, national student loan debt has reached nearly $1.6 trillion dollars, surpassing both credit card and auto loan debt.  Roughly 70 percent of students have to take out loans to pay for college. And after… Read More

Two-thirds of college Democrats support a universal basic income such as that proposed by presidential candidate Andrew Yang, which would give $1,000 a month to every American over the age of 18, according to a new College Pulse survey of 2,000 students.  A universal basic income is not as popular among Republican students, though, as… Read More

Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor, is officially joining the 2020 Democratic presidential race.  With only three months until voters cast their ballots, Patrick is expected to rival Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg as the more moderate Democratic candidate in a field led by progressives such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.  His announcement comes… Read More

Joe Biden certainly isn’t new to politics. Before becoming the 47th vice president of the United States, he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate for 36 years — from 1973 to 2009. Up until Biden announced his candidacy, many people questioned if the 76-year-old had the desire to run for office. But to Biden, he… Read More

As graduating seniors unravel their freshly-printed diplomas, it’s hard for them to see anything but a bill. Today, U.S. college students are paying more in student loans than ever before. Seventy percent of students take out student loans, and they accumulated an average debt of $37,172 per person. Overall, Americans owe more than $1.56 trillion… Read More

Pete Buttigieg, commonly known as “Mayor Pete,” is the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Despite his young age, Buttigieg has a decorated resume. He is a Harvard University graduate, a Rhodes Scholar, a member of the Navy Reserves and an active musician. In 2014, two years after he started his first term as mayor,… Read More

Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and lawyer born and raised in upstate New York, is running for president, primarily, to protect the U. S. economy from the rise of automation. Unlike many of his competitors for the 2020 Democratic nomination, Yang is new to politics. He spent the majority of his adult life as an entrepreneur… Read More