http://www.motherjones.com/search/apach ... ge%20loans10 Ridiculous Perks Given to College Presidents and Celebrity Profs
and extra compensation. Its good to be a college president (or General Petraeus). 10 ridiculous perks given to college presidents and celebrity profs ... At a time when college students are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing tuition and debt, faculty ...
Jaeah Lee and Maggie Severns - Sep 5, 2013
For-Profit College Loan Fail
that for-profit college graduates earn enough to repay their federal loans, or else the schools could lose access ... to survive. Most colleges receive 75 percent of more of their revenue in federal loan funding; at others, like ... colleges default on their federal loans each year, how well is that government money being spent? Thats ...
Andy Kroll - Dec 22, 2010
All This and College Loans Too
Reforming the college loan gravy train is a pretty ... Congress voted Thursday to force commercial banks out of the federal student loan market, cutting off ... of the money to new education initiatives. ....Since the bank-based loan program began in 1965, commercial ...
Kevin Drum - Mar 25, 2010
Screw U: How For-Profit Colleges Rip You Off
colleges take out loans. 13% of community college students, 48% of public college students, ... colleges receive more than 85% of their revenue from federal student loans and aid. 42% of students attending for-profit two-year colleges take out private student loans. 5% of students ...
Yasmeen Qureshi, Sarah Gross, and Lisa Desai - Jan 31, 2014
How College Pricing Is Like Holiday Retail Sales
Colleges offer high sticker prices but plentiful ... How college pricing is like holiday retail sales ... but universities in many ways have been working from the same playbook. Savvier college-bound consumers know ...
—By Marian Wang, ProPublica - Jan 3, 2014
The Student Loan Debt Crisis in 9 Charts
most students take out new loans for college in August, Congress will have a window to fix the loan ... The rising price of college has contributed to overall student loan debt, but so has the fact that more students are attending college. As more students attend college, theyre taking out more loans — ...
Maggie Severns - Jun 5, 2013
Chart of the Day: The Job Market For College Grads is Tougher Than Ever
non-college jobs than there used to be. Chart of the day: The job market for college grads is tougher than ever ... from the New York Fed offers a grim take on the job prospects of recent college grads. It finds ...
Kevin Drum - Jan 15, 2014
Chart of the Day: Student Loan Debt Crowding Out Mortgages
A new report from the New York Fed describes a disturbing trend: student loan debt has increased so much that its crowding out the ability of college graduates to buy homes. As the chart on the right shows, young workers with student loan debt—most of whom are college grads—used to take on mortgage debt ...
Kevin Drum - May 10, 2013
Charts: Shocking Stats on College Costs
and public colleges climbed steadily over the last decade: Tuition, 2000-2009 (in thousands) ... vs. Shopping In 2010, for the first time ever, Americans outstanding student loans exceeded their total credit card debt: Sources: College Board; Mark Kantrowitz, Fastweb.com ...
Sep 15, 2011
Chart of the Day: Student Loan Debt Is Skyrocketing
Youve probably seen this chart before, but its worth seeing again: Student loan debt is just flatly out ... of going to college, and for those who do, were forcing them to start out their lives living under ... college education when we were young, and were getting good retirement benefits now that were old. ...
http://www.motherjones.com/search/apach ... ge%20loansKevin Drum - Jun 5, 2013
Report: Most Tax-Based College Aid Goes to the Least Needy Families
government helps to make college affordable in a number of ways, from low-interest student loans to grants ... code, by way of such things as 529 tax-free college savings plans and exemptions for loan interest ... Tax deductions for college costs overwhelmingly ...
Stephanie Mencimer - Dec 10, 2013
"This Is Morally Wrong": Watch Elizabeth Warren on GOP and Student Loans
banks with nearly free loans, while we crush our kids who are trying to get an education? ... on their student loan debt. Student loan interest rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent ... on federal loans for needy students to near zero for a year, and Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI), and Tom Harkin ...
Erika Eichelberger - Jun 7, 2013
Student Loan Debt Is a Beast. Here Are Elizabeth Warren's, President Obama's, and the GOP's Plans to Fix It.
to college has spiked 440 percent . Since 2004, student loan debt in this country has tripled, and now ... If youre one of the 37 million Americans with student loan debt, youre in for a real treat come July 1. Thats when interest rates on federal student loans are set to rise to 6.8 percent—double ...
Erika Eichelberger, Maggie Severns, and Brett Brownell - Jun 3, 2013
Could This 2013 Nobel Laureate Afford College Today?
Could this 2013 Nobel laureate afford college today? ... college education was unimaginably cheap. Student fees were just a few hundred dollars; room and board ... to other cells—a process fundamental to cellular communication. Schekmans college experience at UCLA, ...
Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas - Oct 10, 2013
Charts: When College Presidents Are Paid Like CEOs
but a few colleges have taken to forgiving those mortgages, essentially turning a loan into a cash ... Theres one notable exception to this trend: Pay (and perks) for college presidents is on the rise. ... look very good. Read a list of the 10 most ridiculous perks given to college presidents ...
Jaeah Lee and Maggie Severns - Sep 5, 2013
Here's Obama's Plan to Make College More Affordable
that students at highly rated colleges might get larger federal grants and more affordable loans. But that would ... President Obama laid out a new plan today to make college more affordable: A draft of the proposal, obtained by The New York Times and likely to cause some consternation among colleges, shows ...
Kevin Drum - Aug 22, 2013
Charts: How Big Debt on Campus Is Threatening Higher Ed
student debt burdens are making it harder for recent college graduates to get home loans, according ... The explosion of college tuition and student debt is leaving more grads with big bills and doubts about their futures. Some back-to-school stats: 1. College costs a lot more than it used to. The good ...
Dave Gilson and Maggie Severns - Sep 3, 2013
Student Occupiers: It's the Debt, Stupid
No wonder college kids are preoccupied. Kiera Butler College ... on campuses. Just check out these stats: Unemployment among college grads is twice what it was in 2007 . ...
Kiera Butler - Nov 23, 2011
Grieving Father Struggles to Pay Dead Son’s Student Loans
loans. And Berklee College of Music, Freddys alma mater, was one of the schools singled out ... has been compounded by their need to pay off his massive student loans ... to go to college. In 2005, after Freddy was accepted to Bostons Berklee College of Music, his father ...
Marian Wang - Jun 18, 2012
Student Loan Reform 101
at the eleventh hour, means for college kids. ... The rest of the 2010 MoJo Mini College Guide , plus the 2009 MoJo Mini College Guide. Congress reformed more than just health care this year. Below, four ...
Jessica Calefati, Andy Kroll, and Kiera Butler - September/October 2010 Issue
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