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  • The Most Expensive College Town in America

    By Beth Braverman

    Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.

  • Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?

    By Edward Morrissey

    A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...

  • The Hardest College to Get Into in the US

    By Janna Herron

    The most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...

  • The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

    By Janna Herron

    The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.

  • The Best Colleges for Older Students

    By Beth Braverman

    By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.

  • What College Students Worry About Most

    By Beth Braverman

    The biggest driver of stress around college admissions is no longer about whether students will get into their top school.

  • College Endowments Take a Big Hit

    By Beth Braverman

    College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.

  • NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament-Second Round-UNI vs Texas A&M

    The Big Payoff for Cinderella Schools in the March Madness Tournament

    By Beth Braverman

    Lesser known schools can see a big jump in applications and merchandise sales after an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.

  • The Most Expensive College in America

    By Beth Braverman

    College tuition goes nowhere but up. Here’s the most expensive college of them all.

  • Students at graduation

    Ranking the Schools that Turn Poor Kids into Wealthy Ones

    By Rob Garver

    Schools that admit a lot of students from low-income families and help a significant percentage of them find their way into to the top tier of earners aren’t leafy private schools, but mostly urban...

  • Divided America: The Children Are Not All Right

    By Jacqueline Leo

    Forget class warfare and the fight over who earns too much and who earns too little. The new battleground pits married voters against unmarried voters. According to a new Quinnipiac poll released...

  • A New Way to Beat the High Cost of College

    By Leah Konen, The Fiscal Times

    Can college really be as cheap as your phone and cable bills? University Now, a new online education platform, promises just that.

  • Student Loan Debt Gets a Daring New Fix

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Niagara Falls, whose downtown has fallen into disrepair over the years as its population has plunged, needs bright young college graduates. And it’s got a new plan to attract them: an attractive...

  • The Growing Myth about Federal Student Loans

    By Eric Pianin

    Despite all the political hubbub and posturing over efforts by Congress and the White House to prevent a doubling of interest rates on some federal student loans next week, the overall benefit to...

  • 12 Reasons College Costs Keep Rising

    By Richard Vedder, Minding-the-Campus

    Higher education in the U.S. is unlike any other industry or market. Here are 12 ways to explain the rising costs.

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