college scams

Last week, President Obama signed an executive order to protect veterans, soldiers and their families from being swindled and hoodwinked by for-profit schools. Check out some of these shady behaviors, and you'll understand what set Obama off.

Around the country, parents of college students have been receiving letters urging them to pay $49 to apply for financial aid.The problem, however, is that these letters have been looking like they come straight from a college, when actually, um, not so much.The organization sending them is called...

Wave a picture of sun, surf, and scantily clad members of the opposite sex partying, and any warm-blooded college student is bound to find it hard to read fine print. The result? Spring break travel scams. We want to believe that we can have a week in the sun for $399, all-inclusive. Unfortunately,...