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Tag Archives: Tuition
What’s going on in California?
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Tagged administrators, College, Education, Higher Education, Student Loans, student protest, Tuition, University of California
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June 29th, 2012: Interest Rates on Student Loans Will Remain at 3.4% for another year…
Congress voted today to freeze interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. The interest rates, which were scheduled to jump to 6.8% this Sunday will remain at 3.4% for the next academic year. The votes were as follows: 373 to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.4%, bubble, Education, Higher Education, Student Debt, Student Loans, Tuition
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Another explanation for the higher ed bubble
From StrategyProfs.net. Via Marginal Revolution. “By now, you may be getting sick of reading articles and blog posts about the crisis in higher education. This post is different. It proposes an explanation of why students have been willing to pay more and more for … Continue reading
June 13th, 2012: The College Graduate as Collateral
Read the full article here – via the New York Times Luigi Zingales, professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business offers up a less palatable way of financing higher education: To avoid the next credit bubble and … Continue reading
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Tagged collateral, Colleges and Unviersities, Education, Luigi Zingales, OP-ED, Private Equity, Student Debt, Student Loans, Tuition
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Student debt: is it too big?
Two posts by professors at the University of Chicago. One by Gary Becker (economist) and one by Richard Posner (jurist, legal theorist and economist). From their joint blog.
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Tagged College, Gary Becker, Richard Posner, Student Debt, Student Loans, Tuition
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Look what happened to Joe Mihalic’s Readership!
Last week, TheEdRev along with many, many others buzzed about Harvard MBA student, Joe Mihalic, and how he managed to pay off $90,000 of student debt in under a year. In just a day, his blog ’No More Harvard Debt‘ went … Continue reading
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Tagged College Affordability, Education, Joe Mihalic, MBA, news, Student Debt, Student Loans, Tuition
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Peter Thiel’s 20 under 20 on 60 Minutes
Peter Thiel tells students to “Think hard about going to college.” The co-founder of Pay Pal has started a program for young entrepreneurs. He grants his 20 under 20 $100,000 to skip college and dive straight into business building instead. Watch … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures
Tagged 20 under 20, 60 minutes, Education, education revolution, entrepreneurship, innovation, Peter Thiel, Tuition
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An Infographic on the Price Tag of Higher Education
See the entire thing here - via BusinessInsider.com
Posted in Research and Stats
Tagged bubble, College Affordability, Education, Higher Education, Tuition
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May 13th, 2012: Mark Cuban on the Higher Ed. Bubble
He essentially reiterates what Steve Eisman said a year ago, but still worth a read. The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon.
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Tagged bubble, College Affordability, College Degree, diploma, Education, Higher Education, Online Learning, Student Loans, Tuition
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