In his first week as a freshman at Columbia University, Jordan Cancel, a Floridian who was then 18, saw just how competitive a career path to finance would be. Outside the iconic Butler Library, known for its Neoclassical columns, mobs of students were clamoring to get to informational booths set up by the college’s finance
As Wall Street has poured money into technology budgets and become major players in patents and research, it’s also become a destination for technologists to work — rivaling even Silicon Valley. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Melissa Goldman, a partner and tech leader at Goldman Sachs. She started her career 30
A career in finance offers many benefits: It tends to pay well, is prestigious, and can lead to a jet-setting lifestyle. Breaking in, however, can require years of toil, planning, and determination. Say you want to be an investment banker who advises tech giants on corporate acquisitions: You will probably want to start applying for
Over strong objections from Democrats, House Republicans on the Education and the Workforce Committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would make dramatic changes to the federal student aid system. The sweeping 103-page bill, known as the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan, passed on a party-line vote after more than five hours of debate. The legislation
Borrowers in default could see their tax refunds or other federal benefits withheld once collections resume. J. David Ake/Getty Images The Education Department will resume collecting on defaulted student loans early next month, restarting a system that’s been on hold since spring 2020, the agency announced Monday. Starting May 5, the department will withhold tax refunds
A day after White House officials said the Education Department would administer the student loan program, President Donald Trump announced that the Small Business Administration would be taking over the $1.7 trillion portfolio. He told White House reporters that the move would happen “immediately,” though he didn’t say how that process would work. Currently, federal law