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Opening the Door to Private Higher Education

Donna Randall | Posted 05.24.2013 | College
Donna Randall

The value of a private education, of course, extends far beyond the financial investment families make and even beyond our graduates' career success. The quality and depth of the relationships among students, faculty, and staff at small private institutions is especially evident at commencement time.

How Colleges Could Stop Raising Tuitions

Credit.com | Posted 05.24.2013 | College
Credit.com

By Mitchell D. Weiss The student loan crisis deserves all the attention it has attracted -- and more -- especially if we're serious about tackling th...

Parents and Students Get a Reality Check for College Costs

Jodi Okun | Posted 05.23.2013 | College
Jodi Okun

It's about time parents and students took a hard look at the reality of college costs. While college is still considered to be a good investment, it should not be a decision that is made lightly.

Hello World : New Graduate

Clarah Rudo Manuhwa | Posted 05.23.2013 | College
Clarah Rudo Manuhwa

What is in store for the new graduates who have spent the big bucks on attaining education, or gone to extremes and are in debt for the so called "needed" education background?

Imminent Chaos

Bruce Judson | Posted 05.21.2013 | College
Bruce Judson

The essence of a good education is, to a large extent, the ability to recognize an important issue in a particular field of study, analyze a problem if it exists, and determine the best course of action.

Thinking of Tapping That 401(k) for a Loan to Pay Tuition? Think Twice!

Catherine Golladay | Posted 05.21.2013 | Fifty
Catherine Golladay

While borrowing from your 401(k) may seem like a quick cash fix, it's almost never a good idea. Here's why.

Would it be Better to Pay Cash for College or Borrow from My IRA?

Steve Rhode | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business
Steve Rhode

Reader Question Dear Steve, I quit my full-time job to finish my degree. I got my AS in Chemistry & was able to get a job in my field two years ago....

Want Your Diploma? Better Pay Up!

Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.14.2013 | San Francisco

With the skyrocketing cost of college tuition around the country, getting a diploma has never been more expensive. However, for students at many of Ca...

Doing University Administration Well, Part I

Chris Maples | Posted 05.10.2013 | College
Chris Maples

I'm often asked why I got into university administration. My usual, non-serious response is that I took a wrong turn somewhere in my career. I am a ge...

We, the Students, Must Demand Solutions to the Debt Crisis

Elizabeth Scrafford | Posted 05.07.2013 | Chicago
Elizabeth Scrafford

Taking out student loans is the only way I could attend DePaul. I thought if I took out the loans to get the right education, a good job would be waiting for me. Now I know different.

Undocumented Student Tuition Rate Signed Into Law In Colorado

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.29.2013 | Denver

Undocumented immigrant students in Colorado can celebrate today -- a bill that grants undocumented students in-state college tuition rates was signed ...

Making Sense of the College Decision Roller Coaster from an Almost Empty-Nester

Mandy Jackson-Beverly | Posted 04.17.2013 | Comedy
Mandy Jackson-Beverly

That time in parent's lives when we get to be even more in debt, and our kids will graduate with thousands of dollars in college loans before moving back in with us in our trailer. Oh what joy!

U.S. Could Bring Every Afghan School Girl to American Colleges for Half the Cost of the War

Pat LaMarche | Posted 04.15.2013 | Impact
Pat LaMarche

One hot August night in 2008 High School senior Alex Motiuk went to his parents and said, "Mom, Dad, there's something I want to talk to you about," Leo Motiuk explained with a smile. "As parents of a young son you just wonder what that's all going to be about."

If You Believe in Meritocracy, Fund State Universities

Mark Yzaguirre | Posted 04.10.2013 | College
Mark Yzaguirre

If America is going to provide real meritocratic opportunity for intelligent and hard-working young people, it cannot merely focus on Ivy League universities or similar private institutions of higher education.

I Am Not a Loan

Jonah Edelman | Posted 04.08.2013 | College
Jonah Edelman

What can we tell the parents? We know that not having a bachelor's degree cost the average American about $1 million in lost earnings over his or her lifetime. The parents discuss, and intrinsically understand, the enormous benefits of broadening one's mind and horizons through higher education.

Facing The Gap In The Financial Award

W. Kent Barnds | Posted 03.26.2013 | College
W. Kent Barnds

The coming weeks will bring gasps from students and families involved in the final phase of choosing a college -- usually when they open the financial aid award letter from a college and see their expected out-of-pocket cost.

Finding the Value in College Affordability

Dr. Scott D. Miller | Posted 05.19.2013 | College
Dr. Scott D. Miller

What's a college education worth these days? Amid rising costs of tuition and an economy still rebounding from recession, higher education consumers and observers are increasingly asking that question -- and with good reason.

In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students Bill Gets Final Approval

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2013 | Denver

Undocumented immigrant students in Colorado have reason to celebrate today -- a bill that grants undocumented students in-state college tuition got fi...

In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students Bill Gets Initial OK

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.05.2013 | Denver

Undocumented immigrant students in Colorado are only one vote away from in-state tuition rates for public colleges. For the first time ever in the ...

My Student Voice

Rebekah Bolser | Posted 03.01.2013 | Teen
Rebekah Bolser

The students in my old neighborhood deserve a chance to have a successful future. If we can't give them that, how can we say that we have succeeded in bringing up the generation of the future -- the ones who are going to determine the future of this country?

Money Matters on Campus: Finances Stress College Students

Mary Johnson | Posted 04.29.2013 | College
Mary Johnson

A new study released today, entitled "Money Matters on Campus," provides a first-of-its-kind look at how college students' early attitudes and behaviors affect positive and negative financial outcomes.

The One Best Thing To Do With Your Money In Your 40s

Posted 02.27.2013 | OWN

By Suze Orman If you have children, you absolutely must... be smart about college costs. Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you should...

GOPers Back In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 02.22.2013 | Denver

Undocumented immigrant students are much closer to an in-state tuition rate for public colleges in Colorado. On Friday, Senate Bill 33, which woul...

Is 2013 the Year the Student Loan Bubble Bursts?

Jodi Okun | Posted 04.23.2013 | College
Jodi Okun

Today's students and their parents will have to be much smarter in determining how they will pay for college in order to avoid the alternatives of high debt or no college at all.

The Problem of Tuition

Frank H. Wu | Posted 04.23.2013 | College
Frank H. Wu

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.