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The student debt band-aid

Oct 26, 2011
President Obama's aid to student borrowers is okay. It will allow graduates to consolidate and reduce the interest rates on their student loans. It...

Net Price Calculators: Be Wary

Oct 21, 2011
Mark Kantrowitz is the go-to person when it comes to anything involving financial aid for college and graduate school. He's the publisher of the...

A bad decade for college grads

Sep 28, 2011
It has been a rough decade for college grads when it comes to earnings, especially men....

UNC: strong basketball program, not so great for file sharing in the dorms

Sep 16, 2011
If students living in the dorms at the University of North Carolina have file sharing software on their computers, they are now greeted with the...

Student loans and a stagnant economy

Aug 12, 2011
Among the most troubling effects of the economic stall and moribund job market is how hard it hits young college graduates. These are the people...

Don't know much about FAFSA

Jun 29, 2011
To get financial aid to help pay for college you have to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. It's a complicated form...

Do these kids have what it takes to make it without a degree?

May 25, 2011
Written by Steve Henn and Amy Scott Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and one of the first investors in Facebook, is a billionaire and a Stanf...

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Space available at hundreds of colleges

May 5, 2011
Waitlisted college applicants might despair to learn that some schools have waiting lists twice as large as their freshman class. But plenty of...

Calculating the tab of a college sheepskin

Apr 21, 2011
How much will going to college cost? We all know that tuition-and-fee prices have been rising faster than the rate of inflation. The annual college...

Should parents save for their kids' college?

Oct 1, 2010
Marketplace asked listeners to weigh in on whether or not parents should save for their kids' college education. Here are some of the reasons...