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On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CNBC Contributor and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) stated that the government has used student loans to make taxpayers finance exorbitant increases in college tuition and Congress has to work on that issue.

Laxalt rebuked Biden for his multi-billion student debt bailout plan and blamed his Democrat opponent for enabling Biden’s agenda.

According to a report published at far-left NBC News, American college enrollment has plummeted over the last ten years.

A generous anonymous family is covering the tuition bill for Texas Christian University’s (TCU) 2024 class of medical students in Fort Worth this upcoming school year.

Walmart announced on Tuesday that it will “pay 100% of college tuition and books” for its employees seeking additional education through the company’s Live Better U (LBU) program. The company states that 1.5 million employees will be able to earn college degrees or learn trade skills at zero cost to themselves. Previously, the LBU program was offered at low costs but Walmart workers still shoulders part of the education costs themselves.

Students at Chico State in California are demanding that the school either reopen its campus or lower their tuition, as many students have not been allowed to return to their regular, in-person classes.

Colleges and universities in the United States have experienced a decline in student transfers in the wake of the Chinese coronavirus, according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

The state of New Mexico recently canceled its plan to offer free college classes to all state residents. The proposal, which was originally introduced in September 2019 by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham(D), would have made college tuition-free for 55,000 students in the state.

The University of Kentucky announced this week that it will increase on-campus housing costs for both undergraduate and graduate students in 2021.

Students at Columbia University are striking this week to bring attention to their call for a 10 percent tuition decrease. Student activist Townesend Nelson said this week that the university is “vampirically sucking every drop of blood” from the “lifeless corpses” of enrolled students. Students participating in the strike have refused to pay their tuition bills for the spring semester.

Parents around the country are pushing back against rising tuition costs as universities and colleges shift their courses offerings online. Just this week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre Dame were forced to suspend in-person classes after a spike in coronavirus cases.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says students should consider suing Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for charging students full tuition while offering mostly online courses for the Fall 2020 semester.

A new poll revealed that 31 percent of British students believed that their college education in 2020 was a poor value for the money. A majority of students claimed that their university had not properly justified the cost of tuition.

The Cal State University system announced this week that it will not lower tuition for students across its 23 campuses this fall despite its decision to keep classes online. A majority of college students claim that the quality of their education declined when their courses moved online in March. Cal State Students will even be expected to pay campus-based fees for the fall semester.

A new study suggests that 20 percent of university students may not return to college for the fall semester. Some analysts believe that the ongoing Chinese virus pandemic has drastically shifted American attitudes towards higher education.

Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio announced on Tuesday that it will be covering 100 percent of tuition costs for new students enrolling for the fall 2020 semester.

Students at the University of Chicago are threatening to withhold tuition payments if university officials do not issue refunds for the ongoing spring semester. In a letter to university officials, students argued that they are entitled to a 50 percent refund on tuition costs due to the ongoing Chinese virus pandemic.

At least five universities and university systems are facing class-action lawsuits among students demanding tuition and fee refunds due to spring semester changes made as a result of the Chinese virus pandemic.

Some analysts predict that multiple colleges and universities around the country will be forced to close their doors in the aftermath of the Chinese virus pandemic.

A few colleges around the country have announced that they may pause tuition increases in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. At least one college in the state of Ohio has already announced that it will cancel its planned tuition increase for the upcoming year.

Television presenter Mike Rowe questioned the rising cost of attending college during a recent appearance on Fox News. Rowe contrasted rising tuition costs with the nation’s recent adoption of online learning technology in response to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

Several universities and colleges around the country are pushing back against refund demands from students that have been forced to leave campus. Some universities, such as the University of Colorado, Boulder have even refused to refund student fees that finance on-campus amenities such as fitness centers.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels promised to keep tuition under $10,000. Now, seven years later, Daniels has kept his promise and is speaking out about the rising cost of tuition around the country.

The University of Southern California announced this week that it will offer free tuition to admitted students from families earning less than $80,000. The university is following the lead of institutions like Harvard University that offer free tuition for low-income families.

Student protesters shut down an Iowa Board of Regents meeting last week demanding a tuition freeze, as well as a response to alleged “acts of racism and white supremacy” across university campuses in Iowa.

Student loan debt in the U.S. stands at $1.7 trillion, with the average obligation at more than $29,000, and many aren’t keeping up.

A recent survey published by Forbes revealed that Americans now think an internship at Google is more valuable than a Harvard degree.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) has announced a $145 million plan to offer free community college to low and middle-income students. The offer will only be available to students that are willing to pursue high-demand jobs.

The University of Connecticut unanimously approved a 23.3 percent increase in tuition for in-state students over the next five years.

A study suggests that the cost of college in the United States has risen 112 percent above inflation over the past four years.

A Harvard higher education expert predicts that 25 percent of American colleges will shut their doors within the next two decades based on rising costs and falling admissions.

Wealthy parents around the country are voluntarily giving up custody of their children so that they can qualify for low-income tuition aid. One administrator called the move a “scam” that “takes away opportunities from families that really need it.”

Democrat presidential candidate and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill alongside Rep. Al Lawson (D-FL) Wednesday aimed at combatting “hunger” among students on college campuses.

College debt is dragging down the economy. But the real problem is deeper: too many Americans are going to college.

New research into the University of Michigan reveals that the flagship institution’s diversity office has an $11 million payroll.

A column published in the Wall Street Journal this week highlighted the reality that college students can no longer pay their tuition with a part-time job.