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States With the Highest and Lowest Student Debt

States With the Highest and Lowest Student Debt

on November 3, 2011 in College Costs, Money, Student Loans

Student loan debt is at its highest level ever. That’s the conclusion of a new report released on Thursday by The Project on Student Debt. Two thirds of students in the class of 2010 graduated with college debt that averaged $25,250, which is the highest it’s ever been. Students mostly borrowed through federal loans, but [...]

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Where Are the Freshmen Coming From?

Where Are the Freshmen Coming From?

on November 1, 2011 in California universities, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Today I want to share a nifty interactive tool on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s  website that you can use to see where students, who attend any college or university, are coming from. When I used it to look up the the University of Michigan, I discovered that the biggest contingent of nonresidents were from [...]

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Is That Flagship Worth the Price?

Is That Flagship Worth the Price?

on August 24, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

I wrote yesterday about the hazards of attending high-priced private colleges and universities that can’t support their students with solid financial aid packages. If you missed the post, here it is: Attending Expensive East Coast Universities I think one reason why students gravitate to pricey schools on the East Coast is because they don’t put [...]

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Should Professors Work As Hard As We Do?

Should Professors Work As Hard As We Do?

on June 28, 2011 in California universities, College Costs, Colleges, Ivy League, Money, Uncategorized, Universities

Should professors work as hard as many of the rest of us? If you compare the sort of work week and vacation time that many professors enjoy with other highly educated professionals, you could conclude that there are a lot of slackers hanging out in the Ivory Towers. I hope that professor productivity becomes a [...]

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Going to Extremes To Cut College Costs

on February 10, 2011 in California universities, Universities

Many teenagers that I meet would love to attend a public university outside their state – or at least they think they would. Out here in California, teenagers seem to be particularly interested in other flagships in the West – University of Colorado, University of Washington and University of Oregon. Of course, plenty of teenagers [...]

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Crisis Time for California Universities

on January 12, 2011 in College Costs, Colleges, Universities

If  your teenager is hoping to attend a state university in California, brace yourself. The grim financial challenges consuming the University of California and the California State University systems, as well as the state’s huge community college system are of historic proportions. Remember the student protests at UC Berkeley, UCLA and elsewhere last year? I [...]

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