College Funding
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Friday, May 25th, 2012Another link posted by Russ. College in 18 years… In 18 years, the average sticker price for a private university could be as much as $130,428 a year (See chart.) The situation isn’t much better if you go the public route. Sending your child to a state university could set you back at least $41,228 [...]
Timely: What’s the Value of a College Degree?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Thanks to Liz Weston (@LizWeston for linking to this on Twitter: What’s the value of college degree? In light of the post I put up yesterday, this is a timely article. I love this point (bold mine): Anthony Carnevale, the center’s director, explains why students need to pay attention to their earnings potential when picking [...]
Student Loan Bankruptcy: A Topic that Will Not Go Away
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012From a recent WSJ article: Tracy Paulsen, a 34-year-old lawyer from Wenham, Mass., said she recently moved in with her aunt, has put off marriage talk with her long-term boyfriend and depleted her individual retirement account—all so she can get a handle on more than $200,000 in student loans outstanding, most of which paid for [...]
Median Pay for Presidents at 185 Large Public Universities: $444,487
Monday, April 4th, 2011From today’s WSJ: As many state legislatures debate double-digit percentage cuts in higher-education funding, presidential pay could become a sensitive subject. In Austin, for instance, University of Texas Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa is asking lawmakers to limit proposed reductions in the state’s funding of higher education, even as his compensation was third highest, by total [...]
Why Does the CPI Put Education and Communication in the Same Category?
Monday, February 21st, 2011I was looking at the CPI numbers this morning and noticed something interesting. For some reason, the CPI puts education and communications together in the same category: I can think of one good reason to group the two together: to hide the inflation rate of education. To see what I mean, take a look at [...]
Read This Post BEFORE You Take on a $200,000 Student Loan
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010In light of my recent posts, I thought I would take an opportunity to take a look at a student loan. The situation I looked at recently was a woman who owed $200,000 in student loans. What’s mind-boggling about that amount is that EVEN with no interest financing, her monthly payment would be… Now, here’s [...]
Follow-up to Yesterday’s Post – Government Involvement in Education
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Reader and commenter, Veritroth, left the following comment on yesterday’s post, This Would Be Funny if it Wasn’t so Pathetic: Being on the topic of student loans, I’m curious what your position is on student loans and government involvement in education. I’d imagine you’d prefer less involvement than we currently have, but I was hoping [...]
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