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Beware of Blanket Statements on Student Lenders from Presidential Campaigns

Student lending companies have become a popular target for some on the presidential campaign trail this year. A couple of candidates have even gone as far as to say that they would like to get rid of the student loan companies altogether. Not surprisingly, Read More...

A Little Known Way to Pay for Graduate School

Did you know that in July of 2006 PLUS (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students) loans, became available to graduate students to pay for their education? Many people don’t! In the past, there were limited choices for funding graduate school. If grad students Read More...

Working Poor and Higher Education

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), in a recent report, calls for better policies to help America’s working poor earn college degrees. The report, “College Access for the Working Poor: Overcoming Burdens to Succeed in Higher Education,” Read More...

Cost of operating colleges rises slightly

The costs of operating institutions of higher education rose only 3.4 percent in the last academic year, which is the smallest gain since 2002-2003 according to the Commonfund Institute’s Higher Education Price Index. Why? Utility bills at colleges and Read More...

Tuition Continues to Rise

The 2006-07 school year is barely over and tuition is going up for the 2007-08 academic year. Below is a sampling of the increases: Florida’s governor signed a bill that raises tuition at the University of Florida, Florida State and the University of Read More...

Bush Budget Could Hurt Medical Schools

The United States Department of Health and Human Services, acting on a recommendation in Bush’s budget blueprint for FY08, wants to eliminate federal matching funds it pays states for graduate level medical education. For more than forty years the government Read More...