We all know that the student loan debt for a college education is soaring. It’s at 1 trillion dollars now and is greater than the credit card debt...
Archive - May 2013
New Requirement for FAFSA Applicants
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has, until now, required financial information from only one parent on its application. For...
Earn Competencies, not Credits, at College?
Traditionally, students go to college to earn credits toward their degrees. Some feel this is equivalent to seat-time learning. These people want...
Should There be a $10,000 College Degree?
In his 2011 State of the State address Gov. Rick Perry challenged his state colleges and universities to provide a college degree for no more than...
Why Don’t Low-income Students Go to Selective Colleges?
I bet you think the answer is because they can’t afford it! Wrong! In May (2013) Matthew Yglesias wrote that the case is just the opposite. He cites...