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How have academic standards changed over the years?

“As university budgets continue to tighten, I worry that we will continue to see more and more students who are simply not able to access university education,” she said. To…

‘The oil and gas industry felt like a toxic ex I couldn’t stay away from’

Money can be a great motivator. I was willing to drop everything and move somewhere I’d never been just for the chance to earn some. I needed it. The chance…

Waiving interest on student loans makes education more accessible

The B.C. NDP has kept their 2017 campaign promise: ending interest payments on provincial post-secondary student loans. The government’s announcement is a crucial step forward for making post-secondary education more…

B.C. may withhold driver’s licences for those with student debt

The British Columbia provincial government has decided to intervene with unpaid student debt by allowing ICBC to withhold driver’s licences from students who fail to make their loan payments. The…

Editorial: The driving cause of student debt

In the eyes of the Clark government, students are a whiny bunch. They get their impractical, useless arts degrees, then live off the hard, honest work of their parents (who…

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