The lucrative business of student loans A scandal over inappropriate relationships between colleges and financial aid lenders has many higher ed institutions examining their lending practices.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Eileen O'Leary: Director of Student Aid and Finance at Stonehill College in Easton Massachusetts. She is also former president of the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA).
Robert Shireman: Executive director of Project on Student Debt. He currently serves as a congressional appointee to the Federal Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
Michael Dannenberg: Director of the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation.
Return of the elm tree A local landscaper has made it his mission to return elms to places where Dutch elm disease has taken a severe toll on the trees. He joins Midmorning to talk about his efforts to "re-elm" the Twin Cities.10:06 a.m.
Guests
Bob Harvey: Minneapolis landscape designer and the owner of Edelweiss Design.
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