New data show that the federal government recoups at least 85% of amounts owed on defaulted student loans. The reasons why this is so explain a lot, especially about ever-rising tuition expenses at colleges across the country.
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For years now, private college tuition has risen far faster than inflation, a fact that colleges have used a fancy theory called Baumol’s Law to explain away. Unfortunately for families who pay over $200,000 to send a child to …
More parents are realizing they don’t need to ruin themselves financially for their children’s education. But what if you have that epiphany after your kid has applied to her first-choice school early decision? If they accept h…
President Obama’s national deficit panel sparked an uproar from student advocates with its proposal to end the in-school interest subsidy on school loans. I’d go even further, and end the deferral of repayment until after gradu…
Under the threat of an FDA ban, the makers of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko are changing its recipe to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine. But the only problem a ban of Four Loko would solve is to save young people from th…