DAILY FINANCE. APRIL 16, 2013. America’s student loan debt problem is nothing new: For years, the media has been offering up a flood of stories about people facing decades of debt repaymentand crushing interest rates. But with tuitions still rising and employment options for college …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Chicago Sun Times – July 24, 2012 These are challenging times for Downers Grove-based DeVry Inc. and other for-profit colleges, who watched their shares sink Tuesday a day after DeVry said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit will be well below analysts …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The Washington Post – May 27, 2012 – by Robert J. Samuelson The college-for-all crusade has outlived its usefulness. Time to ditch it. Like the crusade to make all Americans homeowners, it’s now doing more harm than good. It looms …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Inside Higher Ed – April 18, 2012 The number of foreign and out-of-state students admitted to the University of California’s 10 campuses soared by 43 percent this year, while the overall number of would-be freshmen admitted from within the state’s …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Gary Fethke – The Chronicle of Higher Education – April 1, 2012 In a speech at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in January, President Obama called on public colleges that benefit from subsidies, grants, and government loans to …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 29, 2012
By Jack Hough, SmartMoney, February 24, 2012 Federal aid for students has increased 164% over the past decade, adjusted for inflation, according to the College Board. Yet three-quarters of Americans and even a majority of college presidents see college as …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Thursday, February 2, 2012
Ben Wolfgang – The Washington Times – January 31, 2012 President Obama’s plan to withhold some financial aid from universities that “jack up” tuition rates each year is being panned across the higher education spectrum, and House Republicans appear poised …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 20, 2011
By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2011 In the parking lot of a closed Pasadena restaurant, a handful of tea party volunteers huddled under a tent to escape a sudden downpour of rain. They were there to gather …Continue reading »
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