Archive for the ‘ Tuition ’ Category

Investing In Students’ Futures

I’ve been stalling writing about this one—I can’t figure out where I stand. It seems creepy, kept, indentured and whore-ish, but when you really look at student loans, those do, too. College students need to finance their educations so they can learn lots, thereby enabling them to go off and seek their fortunes. The catch-22 [ READ MORE ]

Irrational Pessimism

This has nothing to do with education (other than the diminished capacity for paying for it) but the phrase “irrational pessimism” was too good not to take note of. In recent years I’ve made a concerted effort to be a less sarcastic and a more cheerfully optimistic girl, mostly because I feel like I should [ READ MORE ]

Adventures In Education: Paying For College

The triune of mettle-proving tests for young adults are: (1) getting into college; (2) getting through and graduating from college; and (3) paying for college. All are difficult. The only part from which any enjoyment can be wrung is the going to college part. The other two just suck. If your parents aren’t able to [ READ MORE ]

“Wobbly Time For College Tuition”

Does anyone else adore the Catch-22 of needing a college education in order to be more marketable in a crappy economy, but more and more people aren’t able to afford said education because the economy is crappy and budget cuts are rampant and it’s more difficult to get a good student loan? Perhaps we could [ READ MORE ]

It’s Like Printing Money

The economy is tanking (or so they keep telling us), and that’s starting to make the the lives of college students everywhere more pinched and frowny and less chipper and skippy. Working while taking a full course load just sucks, even on a good day. Alan Bradford at Geek Stew has some excellent pointers for [ READ MORE ]

The Economy and Higher Education

According to this article in the CS Monitor, freaking out about the economy is causing prospective college students (and their bill-footing parents) to reconsider where (and if) they should do their matriculating. Out of 2,500 high school seniors surveyed by MeritAid.com, almost 60 percent were planning on less prestigious higher education venues for purely frugal [ READ MORE ]

529 College-Savings Plans

The Wall Street Journal had an informative article yesterday about the 529 college-savings plans and how best to take advantage of them when saving for the college educations of your progeny. The 529 plans were a bit murky for a few years—confusion as well as unsettling rumors about ‘bad’ 529 plans that would end up [ READ MORE ]

Expensive Majors

The New York Times did a story on the growing trend of public universities charging higher tuition for degrees in lucrative fields such as business and engineering. This practice brings up many issues including price sensitivity for poor students who may stay away from majoring in business. Some worry that students who are charged more [ READ MORE ]

College Students Rob Bank For Tuition

It’s not that I’m condoning bank robbery (people tend to get hurt). Plus, you know, it’s wrong. But aside from the danger, the stupidity and the blatant law-breaking, there’s a tiny part of me that’s glad for this excellent illustration of how impossible tuition rates have become. Maybe we’ll all get lucky and the Powers [ READ MORE ]

Average Price of College Tuition in 2006

According to the College Board’s recently released 2006 reports on college pricing and financial aid, tuition increases at 4-year public colleges have slowed for the third year in a row, but prices are still up 35 percent from 5 years ago, after adjusting for inflation. 2006-07 Average Tution and Fee Charges by College Type 4-year [ READ MORE ]