Student loan program revamped

On Tuesday—the same day President Barack Obama signed the final health care legislation into law—Columbia announced that it will transition to the Federal Direct Loan Program for the 2010-2011 school year.

By Sarah Darville and Kim Kirschenbaum | Mar 31 03:00 am ET

An unsettling silence

Given how consequential the bill signed Tuesday by President Obama may be, it’s striking to me how muted the campus response is.

By Todd Gitlin | Mar 25 08:45 pm ET

The good, the bad, and the Student Loan Bill

Though conservatives have uniformly opposed the legislation as wasteful, ineffective, and overreaching, the student financing part presents a complicated situation for the conservative mind.

By Derek Turner | Mar 24 07:34 pm ET

Students debate implications of health care legislation

Students from opposite ends of the political spectrum said they were happy about provisions in the health care legislation that supported the needs of college students.

By Leah Greenbaum | Mar 23 04:06 am ET

Politicians, professors take pulse of health care legislation

The passage of health care legislation is only the beginning of an uncertain course for the Democratic Party, local experts say.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Mar 23 02:51 am ET

Disparities in HPV vaccine prices at Columbia, Barnard

Students seeking the HPV vaccine at Columbia Health Services will pay a total of nearly $400 for the full vaccine dosage. At Barnard, students can receive all three shots for free.

By Elizabeth Foydel | Mar 8 01:48 am ET

Letter to the editor

To the editor:

By Silvia Puma, Orly Stampfer, Linda Ma, Laura Chen, Iman Hassan, and Anna Newman | Dec 25 04:30 am ET

Ryan Center health clinic expands on Upper West Side

Uninsured residents of the Upper West Side will soon have a lot more options.

The William F. Ryan Community Health Center has been a neighborhood resource for decades, and is planning to increase its patient capacity by 50 percent next May, when it expands its services to a new location at Amsterdam Avenue and West 100th Street in the now-opening Columbus Square development.

By Maggie Astor | Nov 24 04:10 am ET

Students wait for health bill to pass Senate before holding further events

It's just a bill, and student groups are just waiting for it to pass the Hill.

By Madina Toure | Nov 20 01:53 am ET

Two Democrats move to challenge Rangel

Democratic challengers are making Congressman Charlie Rangel work to keep his seat.

By Aaron Kiersh | Nov 20 01:12 am ET