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TABLE of CONTENTS
There Are Still Bargains Out There Some Offer Free Tuition – and a Free Computer!by Mary Ann Cooper
Higher education is becoming more and more expensive, placing greater pressure on students and their families to hold the line on costs. Many students go out into the work force with a student loan ... click here
High Cost of Low Grad Rates
by Jeff Simmons
That’s the price tag Mark Schneider affixed to the nation’s college dropout rate. And, he explained in a new report, the costs only get steeper as the college completion rate stretches on for years. ...
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Are America’s High Schools Preparing Students for College?
by Gary M. Stern
Who do you ask to ascertain whether high schools prepare American students for college and work? The College Board decided to go right to the source – recent high ...
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More Hispanics Taking Out Risky Private Loans to Pay for College
by Marilyn Gilroy
An increasing number of Hispanics are taking out private student loans to pay tuition bills, a strategy experts say is one of the riskiest ways to finance a college education. These loans typically have uncapped, ...
Closing the Education Gap: A Surge in Hispanic College Enrollment
by Paul Hoogeveen
A stunning 24 percent spike in Hispanic college enrollment has brought young adult Latinos closer than ever to the enrollment levels of other groups, according to a recent ...
Women Fall Behind in Financial Literacy
by Angela Provitera McGlynn
With news articles questioning the economic value of a bachelor’s degree in terms of the financial investment made, the Introduction to What’s It Worth? The Economic Value of ...
New Report on Academic Majors and $ Earned: How Do Women and Minorities Fare?
by Marilyn Gilroy
An increasing number of Hispanics are taking out private student loans to pay tuition bills, a strategy experts say is one of the riskiest ways to finance a college education. These loans typically have uncapped, ...
Hispanic High School and College Success: It’s Not a Man’s World
by Mary Ann Cooper
It’s the elephant in the room – the disparity in achievement between Latinos and Latinas in high school and postsecondary education. It shows up in ...
Targeting Higher Education: California Dreamin’ (online only)
by Gustavo A. Mellander
It has long been known that higher education enhances a person’s professional options and financial opportunities. And that’s no sin. Blind dedication to seeking unlimited wealth is. ...
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Journalist Claims Tenure/Adjuncts Lead to Poor Quality Education (online only)
by Frank DiMaria
In The Faculty Lounges and Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get the College Education You Paid For, Naomi Schaefer Riley contends that tenure and the use of adjuncts are the biggest obstacles in a ...
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Hispanics on the Move... click here
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