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The Shield

University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield

University of Southern Indiana's student publication | USI | student newspaper

The Shield

Members of the campus community share their thoughts on President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

Campus weighs in on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

Ian Young, Staff Writer September 8, 2022

Students and faculty have mixed feelings about President Joe Biden’s national student loan forgiveness plan.  The Biden administration announced the Department of Education’s three-part student...

USI student debt among lowest in the nation despite rising higher ed costs

USI student debt among lowest in the nation despite rising higher ed costs

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2019

Students are feeling the pressure as accumulating loans due to the cost of higher education sends them further and further into unaffordable debt. Sophomore Business Management Alex Smith said he has...

The Board of Trustees named Provost Ron Rochon as the university's fourth president Thursday afternoon. Rochon will officially assume his duties as president July 1.

Rochon talks changes to higher ed, enrollment and future

Riley Guerzini, Managing Editor October 30, 2018

Ron Rochon said being president has been busier than he ever anticipated. “People tell you and they kind of prepare you for the schedule, but until you get in the chair, you just don’t understand...

What's the cost?

What’s the cost?

Megan Thorne, Opinion Editor October 12, 2016
When people think of attending college often they think of student loans, debt and financial need.
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