Even though college costs are rising rapidly each year and could reach $334,000 by 2018, fewer families are saving for it than last year, according to a new survey from student…
Read article: How much should I be saving for college?There's been plenty of discussion about the astronomical growth of college tuition costs over the past few decades. But rarely do you hear about another culprit for rising college costs:…
Read article: Room and board is the “untold story” of rising college costsWhile the government and colleges claim to be increasing access to college for students of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, a new study finds that diversity is actually decreasing at…
Read article: Rising tuition, falling diversityOne of the main tenants of Roman Catholicism is to help the poor, but a new study finds Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. are doing a poor job.…
Read article: Catholic colleges increasingly out of reach for poor studentsWhy have college costs skyrocketed over the past few decades? According to Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, the biggest reason for the increase in college…
Read article: Experts say federal financial aid leads to higher college costsBy now, most high school seniors have heard back from the colleges to which they’ve applied. And many, unfortunately, are likely disappointed with the financial aid package they’ve received from…
Read article: Students face heartbreak over financial aid packagesStudents and parents feel enormous pressure and go to great lengths to get into elite private colleges like Harvard. "Harvard college - annenberg hall". Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvard_college_-_annenberg_hall.jpg#/media/File:Harvard_college_-_annenberg_hall.jpg
Applying to and getting into college puts enormous pressure on students and families. Many students believe they need to get into the "best" (highest-ranked) college possible in order to have…
Read article: Pressure for prestige has made college admissions a circusThere’s plenty of focus on the rising cost of college, but many people don’t realize until they get there that the extra costs, including textbooks, can really add up. According…
Read article: Students could save big with open-source textbooksThere's been another win for the affordable State University of New York (SUNY) system. A recent study by The Business Journals analyzed the quality of 484 public colleges in America,…
Read article: SUNY colleges rank high nationally among public schoolsGiven that colleges are the ones raising tuition every year, it’s not every day that you hear a college president coming out against rising college costs–especially one from an elite…
Read article: How Dartmouth’s president is trying to cut the rising cost of college
