Rhodes Scholarships make the world a better place
12:00 PM 8/25/2010
The most prestigious scholarship a student can win is, hands down, the Rhodes Scholarship. While the free education at Oxford University can't be beat, the esteem of being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship is unparalleled: Rhodes scholars are considered the cream of the crop and can get jobs in any...
Campus cash cards: Financial aid tool or money trap?
2:15 PM 8/18/2010
Colleges and universities across America have taken to using campus cash programs to dispurse financial aid -- reasoning campus cash programs allow for students to get their funds faster and easier. If a campus cash card gets stolen or lost, it can easily be replaced.
These campus cash cards can...
State grants are still not enough to pay for college
7:00 AM 8/17/2010
It is no secret: college tuition continues to rise despite the shrinking middle class and higher than expected unemployment rates. Is there a correlation between the shrinking middle class and the rise in college tuition? Many, including the president of the United States, believe so, and are...
With masters scholarships, a master's degree could help make workers recession proof
11:00 AM 7/6/2010
With recent data showing current unemployment for workers 25 and under approaching "Great Depression" numbers, it should come as no surprise that more students are attending graduate school to delay entering the work force. A bachelor's degree is common, so a master's degree, theoretically, should...
Community college financial aid becoming a necessity
12:00 PM 6/21/2010
The recession on Main Street has shown no signs of letting up, and in response, more and more students are choosing community colleges for the low cost, resulting in the need for community college financial aid.
The average cost of attending a private university is $20,000, while a community...
Classroom technology important, but costly
5:00 PM 5/22/2010
If you've read the other stories in the Tuition Ignition stories, you'll notice that we've scrutinized the reasons why colleges and universities have raised tuition beyond the means of students and their families to keep up. Yet if the places are laboratories of learning, they also need to spend,...
The high cost of college for family trailblazers
3:00 AM 5/17/2010
Deciding which college to go to can be stressful, and it doesn't help that a plethora of misinformation exists out there. But what if the misinformation comes from your parents -- from your family? Or what if you don't get any information whatsoever?
I like to joke about coming from across the...
The semester is ending, summer is fast approaching and many college students are moving in with a roommate to save money. Potential roommates can be found on your college campus or through friends, but more often than not, roomies are being found through online roommate finding sites.
At this...
3 ways to solve the free intern debacle
12:30 PM 4/15/2010
My initial reaction to the April 2 New York Times piece "The Unpaid Intern, Illegal or Not" was one of confusion. I have done a number of unpaid internships, and never in my right mind believed them to be illegal -- even if at the time I was doing menial tasks.
Isn't that the point? To teach you...
Sallie Mae student loan captures student in call-center rabbit hole
12:00 PM 3/16/2010
Money College writer Fruzsina Eordogh chronicles her ongoing struggles with the student loan giant Sallie Mae.
The three-month deferment I paid $150 for from Sallie Mae has run out and so I began the dreaded robot call center run-around that is Sallie Mae's customer service. I hung up a couple of...
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