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CU-Boulder student fees rank high in Pac-12 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:47PMSarah Pearl, left, works out at the University of Colorado Recreation Center on Friday. As a percentage of the total cost of education, CU s student fees -- which pay for the Rec Center -- are among the highest in the new Pac-12 conference.
First-year students have much to look forward to and learn about college life Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:21AMThis column is part of the Daily Bruin’s Orientation Issue 2011 coverage. To view the entire package of articles, columns and multimedia, please visit:
The Conversation: Faces of the recovery Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:29PMThe economic recovery is supposedly well under way, even in the Sacramento region. But it can be awfully difficult to tell.
State to begin accepting school voucher applications Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:11PMIndiana's "School Choice Law" went into effect one week ago and allows families to use tax dollars to offset the cost of tuition at private, religious, and for-profit schools. Catholic educators discussed how the measure will affect local schools at a conference earlier Friday.
UT report takes aimat college ‘solutions' Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:52PMshare: digg facebook twitter The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin weighed in Wednesday, releasing a 17-page rebuttal to the market-driven approach favored by the governor and some of his supporters. The centerpiece of the movement, known as the “seven breakthrough solutions” and promoted by the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, calls for treating students ...
MORENO VALLEY: Nursing college students complain Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:28PMA nursing student says she was lied to by a local private college and promised benefits that didn't exist. When she complained, she said, she was forced out of the school two months before she was to graduate.
Relieving the tax burden Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:11PMIn the fourth of a four-part series, the Examiner looks at how the City of Barrie looking to the public-sector for partnerships goes a long way ----- A 20-acre site right in the heart of the city could well provide the foundation for the future of the Barrie's core.[...]
Get help to pay off student debt Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:21PMMaurice Rowlin went to college more than 25 years ago, but his unpaid student loans continued to accrue interest.
Onions to Mountain Iron for water problem in West Virginia; to inflated grades in schools Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:01PMOrchids: Bill Hanna and the MDN deserve huge orchids for exposing the IRRRB wage subsidy program. That agency should be ashamed. Many of the businesses interviewed are admitting that most of the employees would have been hired anyway.
First Marblehead Announces Launch of UFSB Private Loan Programs, Adds 9 National Sales People Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:49PMBOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jul 5, 2011) - The First Marblehead Corporation ( NYSE : FMD ) today announced that its subsidiary, Union Federal Savings Bank, began accepting applications for its Union Federal Private Student Loan and prepGATE® Education Loan programs on July 1 st , 2011. These education loan programs, based on First Marblehead's Monogram® product platform, are intended to help ...
Time running out on GI Bill fixes Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:33PMWASHINGTON — Time is running out to fix problems with new GI Bill payments for next semester.
Peirce College Receives Donation from W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:23PMPHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust recently announced a donation of $27,500 to Peirce College as part of the Trust’s Scholars Program.
One Really Bad Way to Overhaul the Student Loan Market Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:30AMA new proposal says the government should allow college students to borrow up to the full cost of attendance using federal loans because they offer better terms and repayment options than private loans. But there are a lot of things about this proposal to dislike.
Are Boomers to blame for the housing mess? Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 8:50AMThose wild and crazy Boomers. They grew up trying to overthrow capitalism and spent the late 60s and early 70s...
Local lawmakers take aim at for-profit colleges Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:11AMLocal lawmakers are speaking out against the state's for-profit colleges, saying some schools lure students with promises of high-paying jobs but saddle them with unmanageable debt.
Details about ‘last resort’ loan unclear as deadline nears Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:27PMStudents looking for information about a new one percent interest student loan won’t learn much from the University. When students have questions about a loan, they contact the Office of Student Financial Aid, but in the case of the new Student Access Loan, financial aid officers are just as confused as students. James Mooney, associate [...]
Colleges urge Florida Bright Futures scholarship recipients to heed new FAFSA rule Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:20PMRecipients now must submit a federal financial aid form; for summer, the deadline is today.
Tough talk Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:01PMBy: PSU needs to get its priorities straight and support its debate team The number-one thing Americans fear is public speaking. More than bears, spiders and gonorrhea, the most terrifying situation someone in this country can imagine is standing up and g...
Saving Detroit: The Conversation Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:00AMSaving Detroit? Maybe This Time. Here's Why.
College Football 2011: 50 Hottest Celebrity Alums Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:35AMLet's face it, summer is a black hole of suck for most sports fans. Tragically boring Major League Baseball is the only game in town, too bad it's impossible to watch on television unless you're drunk. The NBA and NHL both end in mid-June and football doesn't begin until early September- and the NFL pre-season does not count. Obviously, summer isn't all bad! Irritating people from the office ...
Top universities and cut-price courses are winners in shake-up Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:58PMUniversities will be able to enter a bidding war for high-flying A-level students under the most radical reform of higher education for decades.
Universities stay below 7% cap...barely Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 10:45AMNone of Michigan's state universities have so far tested Gov. Rick Snyder on his threat to impose budget cuts bigger than the 15 percent he already proposed if they raised tuition by more than 7 percent -- but most have come close. Only one of 11 schools' announced increases so far has been below 6.6 percent.
More Central New York high school graduates picking community college, other affordable colleges Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 4:41AMThis weekend, more than 10,000 students will receive diplomas from 52 high schools across Central New York.
Flooding victims wait on decision from FEMA Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 10:34PMBrian Elwood ticks off a list of personal possessions he loaded into his pickup truck before getting the heck out of Dodge to escape April's flooding.
State Budget Reduces University Funding Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 3:29PMThe cost of attending college in the state just got even more expensive. The state budget nearly halves funding to public higher education. Governor John Lynch, who let the state budget become law without his signature today/Friday, criticized those cuts. “I believe their the deepest cuts imposed by any state in the country on public higher education, public higher education helps drive our ...
Part of success is to provide the tools at SJC student orientations Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 5:07PMHundreds of incoming San Jacinto College (SJC) students recently visited the Central campus to learn of the various resources to maximum success during their first two years of college.
Cracking the US jobs code Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 3:43PMThe collapse of the old model of economic growth through financial leverage in the US has created a major jobs crisis. The solution? Let's start with overhauling college. 24 Jun 2011 9:45 AM
For B-School's Entrepreneurship Program, a 10 Percent Solution Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 3:03PMOver the past few years, Clarkson University President Tony Collins and members of the business school faculty had been thinking of ways to strengthen the school's entrepreneurship program.
Why Sallie Mae Should Change Its Name Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:44AMMany families and prospective borrowers don't understand that Sallie Mae is no longer connected with the government. Today it's a publicly traded private company that sponsors state government initiatives.
School's Not Out Forever: Make Your College Game Plan Early Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 8:49AMA few tips on how to make your college game plan … before you actually get to college.
Penn works to preserve student loan option Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 1:21AMQuan Nguyen Students awaiting their financial aid for the upcoming school year may soon miss one of their loan options. The federal Perkins Loan program, a government-funded student aid program established in 1958, is set to expire in 2014. With approximately 1,800 colleges and universities nationwide participating, the program provides low interest federal loans for needy students in order to ...
South Korean students balk at the high cost of college Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:06PMCampus protests against rising tuition fees are considered a ritual at South Korean universities.
To fix jobs, US needs to spend more, not less: report Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:03AMMoney manager Bill Gross says Washington and campus priorities have to change or millions of young people will stay unemployed
MCAD goes global | Brad Allen Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:37AMThe 125-year-old Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is looking far over the horizon beyond its upper Midwest roots as the private college in the shadow of downtown looks to the future. In a multi-year effort to expand opportunities for international study and to attract more foreign students to its campus in the shadow of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MCAD has embarked on an ...
Our Father Who Art In The Castle/Stool House Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:15PMI am writing to wish you a happy fathers’ day and wish you well in your campaigning to remain the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress and to discuss with you the two important events that happened in Africa this week.
Vancouver grad in limbo after $11,400 scholarship evaporates Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 1:33AMLauren Lackaff, a graduating senior at Mountain View High, had to go on Facebook in late May to learn she had been named the winner of a state scholarship she hoped would cover two years’ tuition at Eastern Washington University, where she plans to major in education this fall. But the news quickly lost its luster when she went to the website of the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating ...
UMass fee hike becomes burden Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:48AMLike a lot of recent high school graduates, Jeremy Fodaski decided to attend the University of Massachusetts in the fall, in part because it's more affordable than private schools.
Student loan season now in full swing Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:17AMWhile families borrow money for college throughout the year, summer tends to be the peak borrowing season for students who have just been admitted to college and parents looking for ways to pay for it. Federal student loans are based solely on the financial needs of the student, which means credit scores are not a factor in the approval process.
Video: Going to work to pay for college Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 7:40PMSince 2000, annual tuition at public universities has doubled. Now, many college graduates find themselves working just to pay off their student loans. Seth Doane reports.
College Costs Soar, and Wages Cover Less of Tab Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 7:37PMIn 1980, a 10-week summer job at minimum wage job covered nearly half of the cost of a year's tuition at a public university; today, it covers only 18 percent.
Obama's Student Loans Paid Off, Will Yours? Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 1:54PMAt a White House briefing for online personal finance writers last week, President Barack Obama was asked what money advice he himself had found most valuable. The President riffed on his Kansas born grandmother, who worked her way up from bank secretary to vice-president and taught him about the importance of saving and the “magic of compounding interest". Then he segued to the value of ...
Financial advice for recent grads Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 1:38PMIf you — or one of your kids — are about to graduate from college or high school, congratulations on successfully navigating the twists and turns of the education system. You don’t need me to tell you what a challenging, rewarding and expensive road it has been.
HomeStreet Provides $35 Million in Permanent Financing for Mixed-Use Project in Seattle’s Historic Capitol Hill District Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 1:33PMSEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HomeStreet Capital arranges $35 million in financing through Fannie Mae DUS for Mixed-Use Project in Seattle.
A.G. Warns of Scholarship Scams Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 12:33PMLITTLE ROCK – It's a rite of Spring for college-bound Arkansans: The search for scholarship money to help defray the cost of higher education. Unfortunately, some scholarship hunters in Arkansas this year may fall prey to scam artists looking to take money, not award it.
Martin wasn't forced out, Reilly says Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:26AMUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin was not forced out, despite being embroiled in a high-profile battle for flexibility in the face of state funding cuts, according to UW System President Kevin Reilly.
South Korean students protest rising college tuition Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:16AMWhile decrying rising educational costs – a phenomenon that’s shaken campuses throughout the world – students in South Korea are increasingly worried about landing a job after college.
5 Ways To Combat Rising College Costs Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 1:00AMThe price for higher education is increasing every year. Heres what you can do to help keep your costs low.
McKenna launches campaign for governor Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 9:29PMWashington state Attorney General Rob McKenna launched his campaign for governor Wednesday night with an ambitious call for big increases in state support for public schools and universities, while squeezing down the size of state government.
Students pay high price Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 7:26PMSUBANG JAYA: James and nine students of a private college here rent a double-storey house at PJS 9 for a steep sum of RM5,000. Every month, the 18-year-old and each of his housemates pay RM500 in rent to the college and RM300 for utility.
Each student has to pay RM500 in rent and over RM300 for utility every month. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 7:19PMSUBANG JAYA: James and nine students of a private college here rent a double-storey house at PJS 9 nearby for a steep sum of RM5,000. Every month, the 18-year-old and each of his housemates pay RM500 in rent to the college and RM300 for utility.