True story; the student blasts the lack of diversity at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California more than the student loans issue.
Topic: student loans
Apprenticeships Making a Comeback?
Somewhere between random free college for everyone and Teutonic regimentation geared towards industry is a happy medium of career choices that American high school graduates used to come much closer to having access to. “The…
Catholic New Hampshire University Offers to Pay for Student Loans if Graduates Don’t Get a Job
From Fox News: A small Catholic university in New Hampshire is offering its undergraduate students a program that will guarantee to land them a job within nine months of graduation. Rivier Univeristy, which boats about…
Another Bad Policy Idea: Student Loan Forgiveness for Gov’t Employees
Good take from our friend George Leef: Under PSLF, students who find jobs that are officially regarded as doing “public service” can get their college debts erased after 10 years of such work. College grads…
What are We Getting from Ballooning Student Loans? Not Much
Megan McArdle’s great take on the crazy environment that is America’s $1 trillion student loan bubble.
Where Student Loans = Revenue for Colleges, Universities
Eye-opening chart from the Academe Blog, who cited a Brookings Institute chart.
50% of College Graduates say College Education was Worth The Cost
As The Chronicle of Higher Education reported, only half of recent college graduates say their undergraduate education and cost were worth it: Only half of 30,000 college alumni polled for the Gallup-Purdue Index strongly agreed…
Young Convinceables
Thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the socialist running for president, we are learning that one of the latest examples of victim groups is students, who freely decide to go to college and in many…
College Debt is the New Normal
Professorial types are excited by a plan, courtesy of Michael L. Hays of New Mexico, to solve the college debt crisis. The irony is, it would put the onus of responsibility for college loans on some…
Alternative to the U.S. News College Rankings: Best Bang for Your Buck
A welcome alternative to the U.S. News college rankings. If you’re looking for an alternative to the U. S. News rankings of colleges, the Washington Monthly offers one. The U. S. News rankings generally focus…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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