Some colleges are totally unaffordable, and this tool proves it
After years of escalating costs and stagnant earnings, new data show that some colleges have finally grown conclusively, decisively and categorically unaffordable for many Americans.
Debate over in-state tuition for students in U.S. illegally
Twenty states already offer cheaper in-state college tuition to students who are in the United States illegally.
Would this new idea help students manage the college affordability crisis?
A tuition cooperative is a new idea aimed at tempting colleges to give discounts: Students interested in the same field of study or training could band together, pool resources and commit to a school as a group, lowering costs.
Column: What’s making students ‘less resilient’?
The most frequently cited culprits implicated in declining student resilience are "helicopter parenting" and an overly regimented K-12 education system. Yet feedback from parents and students tell a very different story — one in which the economy plays a starring…
According to a Bankrate survey released Monday, 89 percent of four-year college grads believe that their degree was a good investment.
The idea of taking a piece of graduates’ future earnings starts to pick up steam.
Michelle Obama's message for high school seniors fretting about their college prospects is simple. Do your research. Visit college campuses. Sit in on classes. Talk to professors, graduates and students. The first lady could just as well have been talking…
In America, many scholarships are given out based on merit, handed out to students who have good grades and high test scores. While this plan is meant to attract the best and the brightest, it can also mean that money…
A Hechinger Report analysis of Pell grant graduation rate data from a cross section of colleges and universities suggests that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded Pell grants nationwide go to students who never earn degrees.
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