Education Costs

What Would You Do with an Extra $50,000 a Year?

Kevin Hartnett | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Costs of Raising Children, Private School Versus Public School, Income Inequality, The Cost of Raising a Family, Income-Brackets, Happy Childhood, Cost of Kids, Money and Kids, Education Costs, Parents News

How does the organization of time and the availability of money effect a family culture and children's outcomes?

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Counting the Costs of College

Arva Rice | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Education, New York Urban League, Occupy Wall Street Protest, College, Education Costs, Tuition Fees, College Tuition, Tuition Increase, College News

The idea and notion of sacrificing for college with the promise of better employment options is being questioned. But in this economy -- despite the escalating costs -- college is a necessity.

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5 Reasons The Yuppies On The Brown Line Look So Depressed

Chicago Magazine | Posted 11.20.2011

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My former colleague Ben Joravsky found himself on the Brown Line the other day, and made an observation that I think many of you will find familiar: ...

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GOP Congressman: Pell Grants Are Becoming 'The Welfare Of The 21st Century'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Welfare, Video, Education, College Costs, Education Costs, Denny Rehberg, College Tuition, College Tuition Hikes, Higher Education, Pell Grants, Denny Rehberg Pell Grants, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Pell Grants are the nation's largest financial aid program, providing low-income students with grants to help pay for the rising cost of...

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Eighty Students Needed to Cover College Football Losses

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is taking the tuition of eighty kids to field a football team that loses money. Maybe some people need to look into a good business school. Wait, tuition is $92,000? Maybe not.

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Scaling Education

Shai Reshef | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Higher Education Reform, College, Education Costs, Online Education, Community Colleges, Martha Kanter, College News

The pursuit of and access to higher education should be a right for all. Community colleges offer a viable education solution to the problem of escalating college costs, and are a key ingredient in strengthening access to education.

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The Lifetime Costs Of Raising A Child (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pregnant mothers and expecting fathers, you may want to sit down for this. Raising a child is 22 percent more costly than it was back in 1960, acco...

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Students and Workers Face Shared Crisis

Sarita Gupta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Students are not only finding it harder to afford an education, but they are also finding it harder to find a jobs once they graduate.

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Illinois Flunks College Affordability Study

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 05.25.2011

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An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability _ an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely ...

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Teachers Can't Vouch for McCain's "Voucher Plan"

Cheryl Lubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a high school teacher who dips into my own wallet to buy paper and pencils for students in the second largest school district in the land, I recognize the dangers of a pro-voucher McCain administration. Vouchers are not, as Obama so succinctly put it, the panacea for failing schools.

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