College Tuition Hikes

The Student Loan Debate

Maura Kastberg | Posted 05.16.2012

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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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College Affordability and the American Dream

Sally Mason | Posted 05.02.2012

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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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Making Room for the Middle by Supporting Speaker Pérez's Middle Class Scholarship Act

Phil Ting | Posted 04.09.2012

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It actually happened. It's now more expensive for a middle-class family to send a child to one of our California state universities than it is to send their son or daughter to Harvard.

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Which Is More Expensive: Getting A College Degree Or Dropping Out?

| Posted 04.02.2012

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By Alexandra Churchill We all know how expensive college can be, but according to this report by The Huffington Post, the benefits of having a coll...

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Is College Debt Affecting Your Marriage Plans?

Posted 03.29.2012

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced last week that student loan debts have surpassed the $1 trillion mark, leaving the majority of 201...

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Students Occupy University To Stop Tuition Hike

Student Activism | Posted 03.03.2012

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Fourteen DePaul University students have staged a campus occupation against the university's tuition policy -- the first occupation at a US Catholic u...

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A Worthy Investment

David Boone | Posted 04.24.2012

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I am beginning to realize that the majority of my schools cost $200,000 or more to attend. YIKES! There is no way, shy of a miracle, my family can afford such an education.

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Could Community College Be Right For You?

| Stephanie Haven | Posted 02.23.2012

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From “big (wo)man on campus” to the campus “fresh meat,” the transition to college can be difficult. Adjusting to a new town with new friends ...

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Teens Sound Off On Obama's Big Speech!

| Julianna Joss & Shawn Rusterholz | Posted 01.25.2012

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Two teen participants in the Junior States of America (JSA), a student-run political organization for high school students, sounded off on Obama's Sta...

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FIU Campuses Should Remain Free of Political Repression

Brian Peterson | Posted 03.20.2012

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The arrest of seven young men at an Occupy FIU event on Thursday is the worst violation of freedom of speech in the 39 years that I have been teaching at FIU.

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Could Michigan Students Go To College For Free?

Posted 01.12.2012

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The state of Michigan could one day pay for its students' college educations. Sound like fantasy? Not if a group of state legislators have their way. ...

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Wealth Gap Between Teens and Adults Is Highest Ever

Posted 01.07.2012

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We all know it's a tough time to be a teen or young adult in America right now. The youth unemployment rate is at its highest since World War II, and ...

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Destroying Education in the Name of the Free Market

Noah Baron | Posted 08.13.2011

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If a college degree is to indicate anything other than socio-economic status, then American public higher education must remain fully funded.

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Give SUNY and CUNY More Control of Tuition

Selma Mustovic | Posted 07.10.2011

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Gov. Cuomo will convene a summit later this month to consider a proposal by SUNY at Buffalo to give the university greater autonomy. This is an important proposal that deserves support.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.01.2011

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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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We Can Do Better on College Costs

David J. Skorton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recession we are experiencing is not a normal, cyclical "blip" -- it is unlike anything that most of us have ever experienced. Consequently, we in higher education have to make some fundamental changes in the way we do business.

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Riots or Innovation?

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is no longer possible to justify a generation of double digit education inflation -- it can be avoided and dampens returns on education to society and individuals.

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Can't Afford College? Ten High-Paying Jobs That Don't Require A Degree

walletpop.com | Jennifer B. Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Payscale.com has a list of well-paying jobs you can skip college for, based on statistics based on compiled by and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but...

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As Tuition Increases, So Does Financial Aid: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

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College may actually be comparatively cheaper now than before the recession, the Washington Post reports. According to a new survey by the National A...

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Students, Not Banks

Christie Garton | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past, we've taken a college degree for granted. Now, fiscal "responsibility" may ultimately force hundreds and thousands of students to put off college in the interim, or ultimately drop out altogether.

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