Category Archives: College Savings
How do you win a biz plan competition?
As plenty of budding entrepreneurs have learned at Rice University’s Business Plan Competition, a solid idea alone will not win you much in praise, prizes, or, most importantly, investment.
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Compare college costs with online tool
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday released a new online tool it’s testing to help families compare the costs of attending different colleges and universities.
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Inside Stanford’s famous course on creativity
Only about one in three applicants gets into the course, but a new book tells what goes on behind the classroom door, and how it applies to real-world companies.
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Class of 2012: More jobs, bigger paychecks
This year’s college graduates are being offered more jobs and fatter paychecks.
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Harvard, Princeton post record low acceptance rates
Your odds of getting into one of the nation’s most prestigious colleges are shrinking.
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The skinny on student loans
More students are relying on loans to help finance their bachelor’s degree, and the amount they’re borrowing is getting a lot steeper too.
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Colleges slashing tuition, offering 3-year degrees
A growing number of colleges are taking extreme measures to attract more students by cutting tuition or speeding up the rate at which they graduate.
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Students lobby to keep interest rates lower
With little more than three months until the interest rates on federally subsidized student loans double, students are pushing lawmakers to help them out.
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College degree = $650,000 more in earnings
Typical college grads earns about $ 650,000 more than their peers who just have a high school diploma over the course of a 40-year career, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of census and college expense data.
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The next financial crisis: Student loans
Soaring student debt won’t likely start another banking crisis, but the problem could slowly drag down future economic growth.
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