College

While educational debt is generally thought to be the problem of younger people, new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals a startling fact: Americans ages 60 and over collectively owe $36 billion in student loans.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A foundation that advocates for increasing access to higher education says the number of Wyoming college graduates needs to increase faster to keep the state competitive. The report by the Lumina Foundation projects that about 62 percent of jobs in Wyoming will require at least an associate’s degree by 2018...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A suspect has been detained in a shooting attack at an Oakland Christian university that sources said has killed at least six people.   Officials say six people are dead and three are wounded after a shooting attack at a California Christian university...

I have emerged from the shadows. Despite my mediocre performance making predictions last night, I am back, ready to shake, rattle, and possibly roll. I did all the typical "prelude to a great evening of predictions" activities including walking my dog, eating a bowl of knockoff fruit loops, and purchasing the season's first six-pack of Summer Shandy- it's game time. A few thoughts before the games get going- due to my neglect of the Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and THE Dapper Dan Man (at least Donovan's hair isn't as bad as Lavin's) last night, I am going to give more respect to coaches I deem worthy of it- also, an elaborate broadcasting prediction pertaining to Tu Holloway is coming up... read on.

One week ago, the greatest weekend of the year occurred, and out of an initial field of 68 teams (who am I kidding, we only care about 64), we are now down to the "Sweet 16," only three games away from a national champion. There being no games to write about for the past few days, there is a chance you have forgotten what this whole semi-expert picking thing is all about. In a nutshell, I have no expertise in basketball other than my distinction for watching quite a bit of it, my bench-warming prowess on a high school varsity team, the honorary captain title for a freshman team, and the heavily-laden-in-street-cred-6th-grade-nickname "Downtown."

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Casper College instructor is challenging congresswoman Cynthia Lummis. Chris Henrichsen teaches political science and has been involved in local Democratic organizations but has never run for political office before...

Since the economy took a turn for the worse, more and more young adults are moving back home with their parents after graduating from college, and this could be one reason why: recent grads are making less now than they did a decade ago.

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Northwest College President Paul Prestwich says he plans to resign June 30, 2013, after his contract ends. He didn’t indicate his future plans in his announcement Monday that he would leave. Mark Westerhold of the college Board of Trustees says the resignation was unexpected...