White House Week

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This week, President Barack Obama welcomed, from left, Anthony Sadler, U.S. Army Specialist Alek Skarlatos and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone to the Oval Office while handing them each a Presidential Challenge Coin, Sept. 17, 2015. The President expressed his gratitude to the three Americans for their selfless actions and extraordinary bravery on Aug. 21, 2015, while subduing a gunman on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

On Tuesday, the Pope will visit Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia. The Pope will tour the National Mall and address a Joint Session of Congress whilst in DC. For further details about his trip click here.

This week, the White House released the College Scorecard, a resource providing comprehensive data on costs and student outcomes at nearly all post-secondary institutions in the United States. For the first time, students and their advisors can search for the earnings of students who attended an institution, along with the most up-to-date information about other measures of a college’s quality, including the percentage of students who graduate or repay their loans. Students can also access a new measure of cumulative student debt for borrowers who complete their degree at each institution and an improved measure of students’ success in repaying their loans. For more details click here.