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Private groups and fraudulent practices, when higher education becomes a lucrative business

What do Muriel Pénicaud, ex-Minister of Labour, Martin Hirsch, former boss of the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and Guillaume Pepy, long number one of the SNCF, have in common? All joined Galileo, a major player in private higher education in France. Recruitments that illustrate the force of attraction of the sector. “Twenty years ago, everyone […]

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Orientation of students: confused parents

“Orientation is the jungle! », exclaims Marie, mother of five children. It’s not easy indeed to make your way to studies and employment when the landscape appears dense and the information lush, sometimes reliable, sometimes much less. Nor is it easy for parents to support a young person, especially when he has trouble planning for […]

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Precariousness, isolation… In mainland France, the tenfold difficulties of overseas students

It is with emotion but without surprise that Anne-Claire discovered on the Internet the video, which has gone viral, in which Maëlle, a student of Sciences Po, alert, in tears, about her financial difficulties. Like her, this psychology student at the University of Montpellier is 20 years old and comes from Reunion. Like her, Anne-Claire […]