Understanding the importance of higher levels of education can become a frustrating task when coupled with trying to understand the options available to pay for that said importance.
The hyper-inflation of tuition is well documented. By any measure, the cost of college attendance has increased dramatically. Higher education tends to be debt financed. The student loan bubble may well be like the subprime mortgage bubble -- only worse.
Live in D.C.? Is your student loan debt so high it feels like the world is resting on your shoulders? Well, you're not alone. According to a rep...
I am a college student who is really tired of hearing Congress argue about college. This week Senate Republicans rejected a bill preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling July 1.
Math and science students deserve our support. But does that mean that we should abandon the study of philosophy, the history of art, or the analysis of society and culture? Is public higher education a place for skill acquisition or is it space for teaching young people how to think?
Today, April 4th, 2012, marks the 44th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. It's a good time to reflect on the state of not only Dr. King's dream, but the American dream at large.
If the interest rate on student loans is doubled this summer, the camel's back will break and we will be facing yet another large-scale crisis like the one that crippled the economy in 2008.
Alltuition brings every step of financial aid into one easy interface, like a TurboTax for college.
It is unlikely that Congress will increase student aid funding by much over the next decade. Instead, there will be greater emphasis on using current funding more effectively.
Arlen Castillo had just begun an online associate's degree program at Kaplan University when a family emergency forced a change of plans. Her mother i...
This is the 12th in a series of 12 posts expounding on the 2011 forecasts in the annual trends report from Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and an internationally respected trendspotter.
Student loans allow you to party now, but the hangover is very real, possibly even debilitating to your financial future. Here are the biggest risks students face.
We won! When President Obama signs the health care reconciliation bill on Tuesday, we can crow about a robust public option. I'm not hallucinating. We should savor this victory. Unfortunately, it's not a health care victory.
A bill, which would save the public as much as $80 billion over 10 year by canceling public subsidies for banks making student loans, has caused bankers to spend tens of millions of dollars lobbying against it.
This fall, as unemployment surged and the economy continued to hurt, students at both public and private colleges across the country saw a significant...
What would you do if -- as a college-educated young mother -- you lost your job, had debt collectors calling you incessantly, and were just evicted from your home?
The BFF <3 necklace site provides security to tween girls who have synced their necklaces with other friends' necklaces, making them less susceptible to online predators.
Far from being the spoiled generation, twentysomethings are finding the simple things their parents were able to do (like moving out, like newly married couples being able to buy a home) impossible.
Welcome to the other crisis spreading quietly across the country: the crisis of college affordability.
Conservatives will be pushing for increased tax cuts for business and the rich, including tax cuts that benefit multi-national companies with large foreign holdings.
"On the news yesterday, they revealed a potential neo-Nazi plot against Barack Obama, and then they gave more details on the racially-motivated Ashley...
So, what will college ultimately cost? You must make yourself aware of even the smallest expenditures (which, when combined, make for one very large e...
It's important that the next administration places a high priority on addressing the needs of college students who are struggling to support themselves financially.
TAYLOR, Mich. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama recalled paying off his own mountain of student loan debt and promised struggling...
Last week, Speaker Pelosi sent the College Cost Reduction and Access Act to the President for his signature. The legislation will help millions of stu...
