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The High Cost of Higher Education Explained in One Simple Graphic
By Bruce Watson
For years, politicians and pundits have held forth about the high cost of higher education. Whether the issue du jour is rising tuition prices, falling returns on our educational investment, or the ballooning student debt bubble, the message has generally been the same: College is only getting harder to afford, even as it becomes more necessary.
Read more and view infographic: dailyfinance.com
Posted in Educational Financing
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The cost of college: A balancing act
By Carl Azuz
Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at a high school in Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday. The reason: To discuss student loans and college tuition. If that sounds familiar, it’s because the cost of higher education has been a major focus of the Obama administration
Pat Callan, InsideTrack Advisory Board member and president of the Higher Education Policy Institute, gives the president credit for raising awareness about the rising costs of college, but he doesn’t believe the federal government has the leverage to significantly punish colleges and universities for tuition increases.
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Q&A with Kai Drekmeier: On getting students to and through college
By Nick Pandolfo
Low college graduation rates are a hot topic of discussion in America, with frequent mention of the fact that we’re falling behind other countries. As more nontraditional students attend college and the cost of higher education continues to rise, the challenges for those trying to obtain a degree continue to grow. To address these issues, President Barack Obama has made improving college graduation rates a centerpiece of his education policy, with a particular focus on the country’s community colleges.
Kai Drekmeier, co-founder and president of InsideTrack, a company that provides coaching for students at… Continue reading
