Recently, Money College highlighted a number of schools that are bucking the trend toward ever-longer undergraduate degree programs. But for every school bucking a trend, many more exemplify it. That's certainly the case for the select 25 schools -- a number of them in Texas -- that wound up at...
"You know, a lot of people go to college for seven years," declares Tommy, the hapless perpetual undergraduate, upon the completion of his hard-fought bachelor's degree.
"I know," replies his snarky friend. "They're called doctors."
That exchange, from the Chris Farley comedy Tommy Boy, served...
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Like many law students, Nadia M. thought it went like this: You graduate, then you practice law.
But two years after earning a degree from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago and passing the bar exam, she's yet to land steady work with benefits. Despite networking aggressively, hunting for...
Kiplinger's Best College Values: Are They Really All That?
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance released its annual list of the 100 best values in public colleges and universities this week -- and, naturally, universities and regional publications nationwide wasted no time trumpeting their inclusion on the list.
Still, students might wonder just what makes a...
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When the U.S. Department of Education published its new set of student aid rules recently, many education commentators saw a series of small tweaks to the current student aid system that came amid a few minor controversies -- and one glaring hole where a major controversy should have been.
That...
In college sports, do big games lead to big fees for students?
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Save money by living at home, but dates may be sparse
9:00 AM 10/5/2010
"Mom! THE MEATLOAF!"
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Will students lose health care under Obama? Or is it all a scare?
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If you're a college student who acquires health care through your school, and you're following media coverage this week surrounding President Obama's health care reforms, your head might still be spinning in alarm right now.
Right-leaning commentators cooked up some juicy, almost gladiatorial...
As a commuting cyclist, I've noticed one thing about non-cyclists: They massively underestimate the cost of purchasing a bike.
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