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White House unveils ‘College Scorecard’ for applicants
Following up on President Barack Obama's call in his State of the Union address for improvement in American higher education, the White House last week unveiled a draft "College Scorecard" to provide potential college students with vital statistics about prospective colleges.
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U. North Carolina named ‘best value’ by Princeton Review
U. Virginia is ranked number two on the Princeton Review’s 2012 list of best value public colleges, which was released earlier this week. After leading the ranking in 2011, Virginia relinquished its top spot this year to U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Drexel U., American U. top list of America’s most expensive colleges
Campus Grotto ranked American U. as the second most expensive college in the United States with a “net price” of $36,271.
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Biden’s message: Stay in school and keep costs down
On Monday, February 6, Vice President Joe Biden visited Florida State U. and discussed higher education funding and the initiatives the government is taking to ensure that students and universities can afford education. Before Biden took the podium, President of Florida State U.
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Obama looks to up student loans
As tuition costs for college students soar, President Barack Obama has proposed a blueprint for aiding students’ financial woes. As Obama prepares his proposed budget, which he’ll reveal next week, he has introduced several initiatives to make college more affordable.
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Editorial: Follow the money in higher education
Among President Obama’s numerous declarations during the State of the Union last week, one of the more noteworthy commitments he made was to increasing the affordability of higher education.
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In tough economy, students graduate early to avoid debt
Grace Warrick can’t justify staying in college for another five months – not when it comes with George Washington U’s price tag.
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Column: 5 Percent > $52,650
In the past months we’ve heard a lot about the one percent and the 99 percent and, from one set of Harvard-Yale trash talk shirts, the 6.2 percent. I’d like to introduce a new number to the conversation: the five percent.
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Speaker denounces federal student aid
Neal McCluskey knows his reasoning seems counter-intuitive, but the associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom said the way to reduce the price of a college degree is to get rid of federal aid.