The Delta Cost Project should be on top of everyone’s list for information related to Higher Education economics. On their site you’ll be able to: Explore their database and create reports on higher education spending, performance, and more. Outstanding #HigherEd Trends & Data Updates Find out how colleges in your state are spending money and performing….
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Where Does All The Money For #HigherEd Tuition Go?
The tuition at our nation’s colleges are rising faster than inflation, medical costs, and importantly: the income of 99% of Americans. Four years at a private university now costs as much as a new Ferrari sports car, and a student from a public university can expect to graduate with $25,000 or more in student debt….
50 BILLION PROFIT Off Of Students
College Debt Crisis “…the most profitable in the country” I’ve written extensively about the high-cost of a 4-year college and whether high school educators are doing a DISservice to students in pushing them to a 4-year college– at any cost. It’s NOT like it was in the old days when students could go to school…
Bank On Student Loan Fairness Act
On JULY 1st, 2013, the interest rate on new Federally subsidized Student Loans will DOUBLE from 3.4% to 6.8% The Federal Government currently makes 36 cents in PROFIT from every dollar they loan a student for education. Bank On Student Loan Fairness Act I’ve written extensively on the dangers and my concern for the over…
Student Loan Debt by the Numbers
12 Disturbing Facts about the over a TRILLION Dollars in Student Loan Debt. Is this the next financial crisis as tuition is up nearly 500% in the past decade? Student Loan Debt by the Numbers $1.1 TRILLION : Approximate amount of outstanding student loan debt—second only to mortgages in household debt. 60% of the $1 Trillion…
Department of Education SWAT Team
With over a TRILLION DOLLARS in college debt (see: New Debt Slaves) and a 498% increase in tuition (since 1986), I was SHOCKED to see this story of Kenneth Wright from 2009. I wasn’t aware of this story when it first developed and was surprised to learn the Department of Education had its own SWAT…