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Will you marry me (and my student loan debt)?
USA Today - Column
May 25, 2013
Many young couples are dealing with delicate conversations about debt, such as student loans, credit cards or other debt — or financial experts say they should be having those discussions this wedding season. It's best to come clean before saying "I Do" when it comes to what some call the anti-dowry — or when you bring debt to the marriage. About two-thirds of college grads in the Class of 2013 will graduate with some student loan debt. The average debt is about $28,000.
Huffington Post - Opinion Piece
May 24, 2013
John Ebersole, president, Excelsior College, writes: In a recent survey of several hundred educators, only 13 percent of schools today offer MOOCs, but 43 percent plan to offer them by 2016. So if we agree the trend is here to stay, let's take a look at the growing mythology of Massive Open Online Courses.
America's Top Colleges Have a Rich-Kid Problem
The Atlantic - Infographic
May 24, 2013
In case you ever wondered just how much wealthy students dominate America's top colleges, here's a nice illustration from a new report by the Century Foundation. At the most selective schools in the country,* 70 percent of students come from the wealthiest quarter of U.S. families. Just 14 percent come from the poorest half. And while these statistics date back to 2006, I think it's safe to say they haven't changed greatly in the last few years.
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Tuition Protesters Are Still in Top Office at Cooper Union
New York Times
May 25, 2013
As embattled encampments go, the president’s office at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is not exactly Zuccotti Park in the fall of 2011. On May 8, students moved in to protest the school’s decision to charge undergraduate tuition for the first time in 150 years. Since that day, their perch atop Greenwich Village has become an Occupy Wall Street in miniature.
Harkin donates papers to Drake
Des Moines Register
May 24, 2013
The Drake University center that will house U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's professional papers from nearly 40 years in Congress will be called the Tom Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement, officials announced this morning. The Harkin Institute will have no research or programming constraints, a sticking point that led to the senator pulling out of a plan to leave his papers at Iowa State University, his alma mater.
A college graduation with 60 speakers
Washington Post - The Answer Sheet Blog
May 24, 2013
At just about every high school, college and university, audiences who gather to watch their loved ones graduate listen to one main key speaker. Landmark College in Vermont doesn’t name a primary speaker but, rather, gives every graduate two minutes to speak, so at graduation ceremonies this week, there were some 60 speakers addressing the crowd. Landmark is a two-year college exclusively for students with ADHD, dyslexia and specific learning disabilities.
Inside Higher Ed
May 24, 2013
Colorado College has everything one would expect at a traditional liberal arts college: small classes, prestigious faculty, high-achieving peers, a beautiful campus and an innovative curriculum with majors in the humanities, arts and sciences. Unlike most colleges, but true to the liberal arts tradition, Colorado College doesn't offer a major in business. But it now offers one in education.
Wilson College Details Unusual Loan-Buyback Program
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 23, 2013
Wilson College has released details of an unusual debt-buyback offer that is one of the keys to a plan its trustees adopted in January in an effort to attract more students and keep the tiny Pennsylvania liberal-arts institution in business. Under the offer, the college will pay back up to $10,000 of a student’s federal Stafford student-loan indebtedness if the student earns a degree at Wilson within four years, participates in new financial-literacy programs the college will offer, and takes part in “activities and community services that would benefit the Wilson College community.”
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