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There Is a Warm Breeze Blowing in From the North. It's Comforting

Jonas Mafirsu | Posted 05.25.2012

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Jonas Mafirsu

The ubiquity of social networking and citizen journalism has made mass media repression more and more of a moot point.

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Why Colleges Should Offer a Three-Year Option

Michael Roth | Posted 05.24.2012

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Michael Roth

By no means is the three-year option for everyone. But if we can offer families the same quality undergraduate degree at a significantly reduced total price -- and I think we can -- why not do it?

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A Marriage Made of Money

Ann Bauer | Posted 05.22.2012

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Ann Bauer

Given the choice between the flailing middle class and obscene wealth...? I think I might actually take the first. Because I remember how it felt being married to someone who had a different approach to money and a completely different set of priorities. It was profoundly lonely.

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3 Reasons There Wasn't an American Spring

Stuart McIntyre | Posted 05.20.2012

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Stuart McIntyre

As costs rise, quality has stagnated, and undergraduates have been herded into giant lecture halls to be taught by graduate students and adjunct faculty. The operation of the machine has become pretty odious, but why aren't students putting their bodies on the upon the gears?

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How to End the Education Crisis: 10 Classes Every Business School Should Be Teaching

Gene Marks | Posted 05.17.2012

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Gene Marks

If our students emerged from their universities better prepared for life in the business world, there would be more opportunities awaiting them. So to that end, here are just a few courses I believe every fine business school should offer.

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The Student Loan Debate

Maura Kastberg | Posted 05.16.2012

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Maura Kastberg

With college debt soaring over a trillion dollars, parents and students are up in arms. It's no wonder why California students have started demonstrating and the Occupy Wall Street movement has taken up the banner too.

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Forget Driver's Licenses: Student Loan Debt Is the New Teen Rite of Passage

Dr. Bonnie Snyder | Posted 05.15.2012

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Dr. Bonnie Snyder

There's no silver bullet, aside from winning the lottery, but here are some ways to limit the student debt load in your family.

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Even in Bad Times, Colleges Can Make Education Pay Off

David P. Angel | Posted 05.15.2012

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David P. Angel

I am confident that while the path for many will be daunting, we will once again affirm the return on education for our students, for our communities, and for our country.

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10 States With the Most Student Loan Debt Per Graduate

InvestingAnswers | Posted 05.14.2012

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InvestingAnswers

Collectively, college graduates now owe more than $1 trillion in student loans. Here are the top 10 states that held the most student loan debt per graduate at the end of the 2010 school year.

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Raising Interest Rates? But Students Are Already in Debt

Kaitlyn Ridel | Posted 05.11.2012

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Kaitlyn Ridel

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.

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A Free College Is Free No More (Sort of) -- What That Means to You

Patrick O'Connor | Posted 05.10.2012

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Patrick O'Connor

About two weeks ago, Cooper Union announced its plans to start charging tuition for some of its graduate students. Is this really a big deal in the college world? No and yes.

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The Tuition Dilemma

Matthew Maron | Posted 05.10.2012

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Matthew Maron

The dilemma facing today's high school grads is simple. Do you take out loans for college (and thrust yourself into debt) or do you save that money for graduate school or something else?

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Why Colleges Should Be Like Cars

Jess Coleman | Posted 05.07.2012

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Jess Coleman

No one in their right mind would ever pay more for a car of lesser quality, and the same should hold true for a university.

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The Other Student Loan Slow Jam: Is It Time for a National Service Corps?

Adam Levin | Posted 05.03.2012

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Adam Levin

The slow jam was all about student loans, and though it may have been a big deal for Jimmy Fallon's ratings, it didn't really do much to address the breadth of the crisis.

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College Affordability and the American Dream

Sally Mason | Posted 05.02.2012

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Sally Mason

As our country faces the economic, social, cultural, and global challenges of the 21st century, the way to keep the American dream within our grasp is to provide more, not less, access to higher education.

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Quality Higher Education Doesn't Need to Cost So Much

Dr. Robert Mendenhall | Posted 05.02.2012

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Dr. Robert Mendenhall

Technology offers us many opportunities to improve our output by customizing learning to individual needs, increasing productivity, expanding access, and most importantly, improving quality and affordability.

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We're Having the Wrong Debate About Student Loan Interest Rates

Kati Haycock | Posted 05.02.2012

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Kati Haycock

Only in the crazy world of federal budgetary politics can protecting a 3.4 percent interest rate feel like a victory. After all, the Federal Reserve lends money to commercial banks at a discount rate that currently stands at 0.75 percent.

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Waging War on Higher Education

Paul Stoller | Posted 05.01.2012

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Paul Stoller

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?

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Make Public Colleges Free for All Who Qualify

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.01.2012

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Rev. Jesse Jackson

College or advanced training is more important than ever, yet we are making it less and less affordable. College tuition is soaring because the state contribution to budgets is being slashed. We're privatizing public colleges piecemeal by putting more and more of the costs on the students.

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The College Double Whammy

Dr. Bonnie Snyder | Posted 05.01.2012

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Dr. Bonnie Snyder

Unreasonably high costs and poor job prospects? This is the unacceptable double whammy of sending a student to college today -- a devastating one-two punch that is leaving most families reeling and disoriented.

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Will Student Loan Default Cause the Next Recession?

Pamela Yellen | Posted 04.27.2012

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Pamela Yellen

With the costs of higher education high and rising, it's important for families to start planning for college early. Yet most people don't know the pitfalls to traditional college savings plans.

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Her Story: I Paid My Own Way Through College

Her Campus | Posted 04.25.2012

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Her Campus

I had no savings, an $800 acceptance fee due, and about $10,000 left to pay on my tuition for my freshman year alone, even after my very significant financial aid package. Not to mention plane tickets, textbooks, and winter clothes to pay for.

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Stafford Loan Interest Rate Increase: What's At Stake For African-American Students?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 04.25.2012

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With relatives on the alumni roster and a close proximity to his home in West Des Moines, Jordan Garrison-Nickerson had no doubt he'd attend college a...

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'I Crumbled Under The Pressure Of College Admissions'

| Posted 04.24.2012

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This is a teen-written article from our friends at Youth Communication, a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized youth develop their full pote...

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What Will Your "College Tax" Be?

Dr. Bonnie Snyder | Posted 04.19.2012

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Dr. Bonnie Snyder

You're ready to file your federal, state, and local taxes. If you've got a college-bound student, however, you're not quite finished calculating your total tax burden, yet.

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