College Costs

Is it a good idea for the country to have for-profit student loan companies so heavily involved in the student financial aid process? Might they not encourage higher prices and more borrowing?

Higher Ed Watch already has called on…

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College Board Releases the Two Most Important Higher Ed Studies of the Year

The College Board released the two most important studies of every year on college costs: their Trends in College Pricing 2006 and

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Bush Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has good news. The federal budget deficit for Fiscal Year 2006 was $48 billion less than the Department of Treasury previously predicted. The bad news is that's no thanks to federal student loan spending, which was higher than initial projections because of increased use of the Federal…

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Percentage of Part-Time Faculty Affects Completion Rates at Community Colleges

A new study by Dan Jacoby from the University of Washington has found that community colleges with the highest proportion of full-time faculty have the highest program completion…

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Pelosi discusses Democrats' plan to increase the affordability of higher education

In a speech yesterday, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, promised to make higher education more…

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The U.S. Department of Education will report Wednesday that the national student loan default rate jumped 13.3% last year, going from a historic low of 4.5% to 5.1% for the year ending September 2005. Why?

Two key factors are driving an increase in the national student loan default rate.

First, the…

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