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GED Pep talk!

Many people now are going back to school for new careers. Since so many jobs want degrees over experience, baby boomers are going to college, often for the first time. Many people are also getting their GED (General E…
Obama Wants to Help You Pay for College

One of the highlights from last week's State of the Union address was President Obama's push to increase the affordability of college. He said: In the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chos…
One in 20 Congress Members Lack a College Degree

Sick of college? You could ditch your animal house for a position in the House or Senate. A recent article from ScrippsNews reported that 28 members of Congress, or 5%, do not have college degrees. These include Steve…
Accused Teachers Get Paid Vacations... for Years

The L.A. Times has an eye-opening article about the extremely wasteful review process for public school teachers accused of misconduct in Los Angeles, New York City, and many other districts across the country. If a…
Student Debt on the Rise

The New York Times' college blog The Choice recently posted about a new report that found the average debt of college graduates rose by $4,550 over the past four years to a staggering $23,2000. This news comes from th…
University of California Tuition Hike: Robin Hood to the Rescue?

The New York Times' Room for Debate blog has an interesting post about the current dilemma facing the University of California system of schools. UC colleges are suffering a $1 billion deficit, only partially allevia…
Should Parents Pay for College?

Our recent Ten Ways to Pay for College post got a lot of thought-provoking comments, many of which concerned whether or not parents should pay for their children's college education. I'll start of my re-posting some o…
Let These College Dropouts Help You Pick a College

Image Source The New York Times' "You're The Boss" blog had an inspiring post about two former undergrads who dropped out to pursue their start-up website, MyFit.com, a service which—ironically—helps high school stud…
NYC Community Colleges: Application Overload

Image Source The New York Times had a troubling article last week about how the city's community colleges are overloaded with applications, so much so that all but one school had to turn away students for the first t…
Experts Discuss the College Question

Image Source The New York Time's college blog called The Choice linked to an interesting feature in The Chronicle of Higher Education called "Are Too Many Students Going to College?" For the article, editors of the C…