Here’s an indication of how burdensome student loans have become: About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying tuition.
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5/22/2013
5/20/2013
It found that hundreds of public and private colleges expect the neediest students to pay an amount that is equal to or more than their families’ yearly earnings. At the same time, the schools are offering more merit aid, based on such factors as a student’s academic achievement, to attract the students they most desire.
5/20/2013
The Rural Horseshoe Initiative is being undertaken by Virginia's 14 rural community colleges. This multidisciplined initiative seeks to address the lack of overall educational attainment that handicaps our young people who reside in rural Virginia through the increased use of career coaches.
5/20/2013
College enrollments declined 2.3% this spring compared with a year earlier, a sign that more students are returning to the workforce as the economy recovers, a report says.
5/15/2013
A push to prevent public colleges and universities from charging student veterans out-of-state tuition took a leap forward Tuesday when Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee leaders joined the cause.
5/15/2013
The University of Wyoming has established a policy that will allow students at Wyoming community colleges who earn associate of arts or associate of science degrees to be automatically admitted to the university.
4/18/2013
Of course, no school will admit that their students are dissatisfied with the academics, campus life or financial aid. But there is a way to take the pulse of a freshman class: Determine what percentage of students return for their sophomore year.
4/18/2013
With its giant volume of applications from around the state and world, UCLA is once again the toughest UC campus to crack for students who want to enroll in the fall as a freshman.
4/11/2013
As more and more universities seek to grow the number of overseas students that enroll, the ability to engage effectively and positively with applicants right from the point of first contact, can be the difference between securing or losing a new overseas student enrollment.
4/4/2013
New Haven High Schoolers seem to be getting the message that is everywhere, get on the path to college
3/28/2013
They generally liked “Admission” in which Fey plays an admissions officer at Princeton, but thought that some of it was far from real life in a college admissions office.
3/14/2013
This week, members of the Association for Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) are visiting Capitol Hill, hoping to put a good face on the for-profit college industry.
2/28/2013
As we’ve covered here many times before, there is an abundance of evidence showing that going to college is worth it.
2/28/2013
A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to attend college at in-state tuition rates passed the Colorado Senate with a historic vote Monday, the first time any Republicans had ever voted for the bill.
2/28/2013
The sponsor of a proposal to eliminate affirmative action initiatives from higher education institutions in Tennessee said fellow Republicans who contributed to the failure of his bill on Wednesday could face repercussions in next year's election.
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