College Funding
« Previous EntriesMedian 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 [...]
This Would Be Funny if it Wasn’t So Pathetic
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010One of my facebook friends posted a link to a person’s website asking for donations to help them pay off their nearly $200,000 in student loans. I visited the website and found their story on their About page: I chose to attend a top 70 school — and why not? It had everything: prestige, great [...]
Question of the Day – Would You Borrow from Your 401(k) to Pay for Your Kid’s College?
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Here is today’s Question of the Day: Would you borrow from your 401(k) to pay for your kid’s college education? I would ONLY do this if I had a lot of money in my 401(k). But, it would have to be A LOT OF MONEY! Seriously, I think this is a bad idea. Parents who [...]
Graduating From College WITHOUT Debt! (It Can Be Done!)
Friday, August 27th, 2010Donna Freedman has written a great piece over on MSN Money titled Finish College with Zero Debt, in which she profiled three students that will graduate from college with zero debt. That’s pretty amazing this day and age. It should also be inspiration for those who have college in their future. The main points from [...]
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