Wednesday, May 6, 2015

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE CORINTHIAN FOR PROFIT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SUDDENLY CLOSED RATHER THAN PAY A 30 MILLION DOLLAR FINE LEVIED AGAINST IT FOR MISREPRESENTING ITS JOB PLACEMENT RATES, MANY STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR INCOMPLETE EDUCATION AND STUDENT DEBT. WHILE SOME STUDENTS HAVE ORGANIZED WHAT THEY CALL A DEBT STRIKE IN REFUSAL TO PAY BACK THEIR STUDENT LOANS, BAY AREA CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER IS ENCOURAGING CORINTHIAN STUDENTS TO GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND LET GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE DEBT CAUSED BY CORINTHIAN SCHOOLS.MIKE KOHN REPORTS