Topic: Colleges & Universities

Some parents are not content to help pay the bills. They’re going to great lengths to help Junior get a job.   Read More

What if a college did not spend its resources on sports stadiums? What if it quit the competitive "arms race" and did not build climbing walls and multimillion dollar student unions? What if a college did not spend its students’ resources on top "name brand" researchers, who undergraduates rarely see? In fact, what if there was no faculty tenure at all?    Read More

The rampant inflation in the cost of U.S. higher education since 1980 makes gasoline and healthcare price hikes over the same period look like an Indy car racing a pair of old-school Volkswagen vans.   Read More

Parents and students have an array of options for financing education costs, including private loans from banks, tapping home equity credit lines and dipping into retirement accounts. However, the quest to provide a better life for their children can create a lager financial mess for the parents.    Read More

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For the first time in three decades, there more young women in school than in the work force, the New York Times reports.    Read More

Job seekers armed with MBA degrees may find it easier to find employment in 2012.    Read More

You're an entrepreneur in the making, seeking the holy grail of working for yourself. What you need to focus on is what is going to drive your business. Or, more precisely, what product is going to drive it.    Read More

Looking for a job? Got a college degree and 20/20 eyesight? Call NASA. The space agency is putting out the help wanted sign...for astronauts.    Read More

President Obama has come out with his proposal to expand income-based repayment and permit consolidation of FFELP and Direct Loans.    Read More