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May 8, 2012 05:08 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y_UVF6W-xWs/universities-hold-students-t.html
Universities hold students' transcripts hostage over debt
American universities -- whose grads often owe six-figure debts that can't be discharged in bankruptcy, and that can even be charged against their Social Security checks -- are increasingly engaging in the (legal) tactic of refusing to provide transcripts to grad schools or employers as a means of extorting payment out of students who get [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Y_UVF6W-xWs/universities-hold-students-t.html
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