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Cost of Higher Education

How High is Too High for the Cost of Higher Education?

Manisha Thakor | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: College Tuition, Debt, Graduate School, Personal Finance, Higher Education, Student Loans, Cost of Higher Education, Business News
Manisha Thakor

For years the subliminal messaging we received was that "no price tag is too high for a quality higher education." It may be time to ask if that graduation cap tassel is really worth the financial hassle.

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What You Don't Know About Your College Education

Gina Nahai | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Colleges, Tuition, Higher Education, Economy, Cost of Higher Education, Universities, Education, College Endowment, Living News
Gina Nahai

Many colleges and universities have devoted their energies to enlarging the size of their endowments at the expense of the education and wellbeing of their students.

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The Anxiety Business

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Education, Sat Prep, College Board Sat, College Board, College, Cost of Higher Education, SAT Testing, College Admissions Craze, Sat Tutors, Higher Education, SAT's, Living News
Eliot Schrefer

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.

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Healthy, Wealthy and Wise?

Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Gdp, Cost of Higher Education, Supply, Higher Education, Gross Domestic Product, Health Care, Health Care System, Demand, Business News
Andrew L. Yarrow

How did two proud symbols of American greatness from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries become emblematic of deep social and economic problems and the nation's slide from global pre-eminence?

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