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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Two notebooks, one of which is green and drawn with money on top, and two pencils.

Loan forgiveness to provide varying levels of debt relief for some Northwestern students

October 13, 2022

Sixth-year learning sciences Ph.D. student Ally Reith currently owes $23,159.86 in student loans. But recently announced student loan relief will soon reduce that number by $20,000. “This particular...

Reif: New Congressional bill targets college legacy admissions

Reif: New Congressional bill targets college legacy admissions

March 1, 2022

The debate over legacy admissions now raging at Northwestern and other campuses has reached Congress. A bill introduced by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) would ban all...

Joe Biden speaks at the Kellogg Global Hub in 2018. The presidential candidate has expressed support for free college.

From loan cancellation to Pell Grant expansion: Democratic candidates’ ideas for higher education

May 14, 2019

Over the past two years, federal policy concerning higher education has largely focused on free speech and sexual assault. President Donald Trump made headlines in April by signing an executive order threatening...

President Morton Schapiro gave his annual address to the University in the second installment of ‘Conversations with the President.’

Schapiro addresses NU rankings, budget deficit in ‘Conversations with the President’

April 11, 2019

University President Morton Schapiro discussed topics ranging from his goal to equalize the undergraduate student experience to NU’s “groundbreaking” research projects in the second installment of...

Communication first-year Brett Mayfield. Mayfield wrote a viral Twitter thread on the difficulties of being a low-income student on campus

Swimming upstream: Low-income students struggle with NU’s culture of wealth

March 8, 2019

Communication first-year Brett Mayfield grew up in Welch, Oklahoma, a small town of about 600 people, where it was normal to have few clothes. At Northwestern, Mayfield soon realized that his new friends...

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