Posts Tagged ‘student loans’
For-Profit Colleges: Futile Degrees or Fruitful Employment?
by Courtney Wilk
November 3, 2010
For-profit colleges such as the University of Phoenix and Kaplan University offer an alternative to traditional two-year and four-year non-profit institutions by focusing, if their rhetoric is to be believed, on learning “relevant material you can apply immediately to your workplace.” With the rise in unemployment and the difficulties college grads are experiencing securing jobs, ...
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Average Student Loan Debt Grows by 6%; NE Hit Especially Hard
by Darrell P. Aaron
October 26, 2010
Average student loan debt grew to an average of $24,000 per student in the Class of 2009, up 6% over the Class of 2008, according to the latest national report from The Project on Student Debt.
The report is especially worrisome for New England where all six states have higher student debts levels than the national ...
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The New Indentured Educated Class
by Chase Cryn Johannsen
November 18, 2010
If only they had their health …
President Obama has emphasized the importance of higher education, and recently implemented ambitious higher education finance reform that will serve to benefit college students now and in the future. Although these changes are noteworthy, little has been done to help the many individuals who currently owe student debt, particularly ...
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