According to a recent article in the Washington Examiner, American universities lured students back to campus this fall by deceptively promising to offer at least some in-person instruction. Then–after the students showed up and paid their tuition and fees–the colleges changed their policies and offered most or all of their classes in an online format. …
Student loan debt is going to continue to be the financial bobby trap that can score a generation of Americans and trap them in terrible trouble if they are not smart. The common assumption is college is good for everyone. But a few years ago I wrote Maybe You Should Not Go to College to …
Americans of all ages grapple with the cost of higher education, whether it’s trying to save for the future, choosing a college or repaying student loan debt. Tuition and fees at U.S. colleges has increased an average of 5% every year for the last decade, and the $ 1.2 trillion in outstanding student loan debt …
In our Money Mic series, we hand over the podium to people with controversial views about money. These are their views, not ours, but we welcome your responses. Today, one woman shares how she made saving for her kids’ college education her top priority — stashing away thousands years before her daughter and son were even …
Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) March 05, 2015 PayScale, Inc., the world’s leading provider of on-demand compensation data and software, today announced the 2015 PayScale College Return on Investment (ROI) Report. “How much student loan debt college kids and their families take on has serious implications for their future financial health. With average student loan debt hovering …
A new narrative is beginning to take shape on the higher education front. At a recent meeting of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, its chairman, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and the chancellors of the University System of Maryland and Vanderbilt University talked about the financial toll that regulatory compliance is …
by Marian Wang ProPublica, Jan. 2, 2014, 9:27 a.m. You know all those seemingly great sales during the holidays? It turns out, they are often a “carefully engineered illusion.” A recent piece in the Wall Street Journal defines what it calls “retail theater,” noting that often the discounts being offered to bargain-conscious consumers are carefully …
I grew up in an era where we were taught to go to college and get a degree. You would better your life I was told. That was the 1970s. At that time the majority of my peers were headed off to college and the majority would graduate without student loan debt. They had a …
H&R Block just released the following info graphic which gives us some interesting facts about tax payers and their obligations. 48% of the U.S. population are taxpayers. 70% of taxpayers e-file. The majority of taxpayers file as single. The average taxpayer claims 1.4 dependents. 3,330,871 people claimed their parents as an exemption. Kind of a …
“Dear Steve, My wife and I have approximately $56,000 in credit card debt. We have implemented a austerity plan, and am paying that down at the rate of approximately $800 a month. The problem is that in Dec. 2013, we will have to start paying $1600 a month in college loans for our daughters education. …