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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...

  • Hiring: What 5 Entrepreneurs Look For in New Grads

    By DONNA FENN

    Five successful entrepreneurs share an inside look at how the weed out recent college grads.

  • Student Debt: Many Will Be Paying Forever

    By DOUG SHORT, Business Insider

    Mish Shedlock featured a disturbing article with a title that succinctly summarizes an enormous financial problem: The "Education Bubble"; Student Loan Debt Passes Credit Card Debt, Expected to Hit $...

  • Bill Gates: Budget Cuts Shouldn’t Harm Education

    By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal Times

    Bill Gates, Microsoft’s co-founder, says that even amid deep state spending cuts, schools can improve student performance by focusing on teacher quality instead of paying educators based on seniority...

  • Unions Try to Scuttle Obama’s Skilled Worker Plan

    By Liz Peek

    President Obama stuck his toe (his little toe, to be sure) into the turbulent waters of immigration policy in the State of the Union speech, arguing in favor of expanding the H-1B visa program...

  • Dazed and Confused Students Land $24,000 in Debt

    By Kathy Kristof, The Fiscal Times

    They may be a dime a dozen, but the true cost of a college education can land a graduate in debt for the rest of his life. Is the degree really worth it?

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