Colleges aren't getting any cheaper, but federal student loans are.
The average college grad comes out owing $22,500, per FinAid.org - a scary sum in good economic times. Now unemployment for BA holders is at its highest since the Labor Department started keeping track in 1992, making that debt burden even more onerous.
One of the great headaches of the American dream is about to get less painful.
As a graduate from Syracuse University with a master's degree in international relations, Jana Morgan was hoping to help victims of human rights violations caused by resource wars.
Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse, beatings, malnutrition and emotional abuse for decades in the Irish institutions where they were raised, an Irish government commission said Wednesday.
Four more New York City public schools and one private school will close for a week after an increase of reports of students with flu-like symptoms, city officials announced Monday.
President Obama announced new steps to help unemployed Americans on Friday, targeting people who are out of work and want to go back to school.
At least 74 schools have closed across the country because of confirmed or probable cases of swine flu and 30 more have closed as a precautionary measure, the Department of Education said Wednesday.
Much-needed federal dollars will start flowing to schools in three states in the next few weeks as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
President Obama on Monday gathered together every confirmed member of his Cabinet for the first time as president and challenged them to cut $100 million in the next 90 days.
Colleges aren't getting any cheaper, but federal student loans are.
The average college grad comes out owing $22,500, per FinAid.org - a scary sum in good economic times. Now unemployment for BA holders is at its highest since the Labor Department started keeping track in 1992, making that debt burden even more onerous.
One of the great headaches of the American dream is about to get less painful.
As a graduate from Syracuse University with a master's degree in international relations, Jana Morgan was hoping to help victims of human rights violations caused by resource wars.
Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse, beatings, malnutrition and emotional abuse for decades in the Irish institutions where they were raised, an Irish government commission said Wednesday.
Four more New York City public schools and one private school will close for a week after an increase of reports of students with flu-like symptoms, city officials announced Monday.
President Obama announced new steps to help unemployed Americans on Friday, targeting people who are out of work and want to go back to school.
At least 74 schools have closed across the country because of confirmed or probable cases of swine flu and 30 more have closed as a precautionary measure, the Department of Education said Wednesday.
Much-needed federal dollars will start flowing to schools in three states in the next few weeks as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
President Obama on Monday gathered together every confirmed member of his Cabinet for the first time as president and challenged them to cut $100 million in the next 90 days.
In the wake of the tragic shootings at Columbine High School, some schools across the country turned themselves into near-fortresses.
Many college graduates are struggling with heavy student loan debt and steep monthly payments that limit their professional options. But for some, choosing the career of their dreams could actually lift that burden.
An increasing number of students aren't making their student loan payments according to the Department of Education.
Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)?
More than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights groups reported Wednesday.
Gerri Willis answers reader's questions.
Federal officials have a solution that could make comparing graduation rates from state to state, or even school to school, easier and more accurate within the next five years
For families with children heading off to college, this has been the year from hell. First, a record number of applicants made 2008 the most competitive year ever for college admissions. Then the credit crunch hit the college market in a big way, igniting fears of a drought in financing for all students this fall.
The U.S. House of Representatives established a grant program with the Department of Education on Monday that will provide schools with funding for Automated External Defibrillators.
For years, financial firms made good money making government-guaranteed loans to college students.
Dear FSB: I own a daycare. My prices are very competitive and so is my curriculum, but I seem to have a problem getting more kids into the daycare. I do not have a problem keeping them once they get in. What am I doing wrong?
After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue another dream: to teach marketing at a university.
Investigators probing Friday's shootings of two students at Delaware State University believe the suspect they're looking for is a male student who is no longer on campus, the school's police chief said Saturday.
A public school in New York that will teach Arabic language and culture opened Tuesday amid accusations that it will impose a radical Islamist agenda in its classrooms.
One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control
Sandee Winkelman calls her experience with her Ohio school district "horrific" and accuses officials of "bullying" her over who should pay for the special education their autistic son receives.
The prospect is anything but appealing: You - and possibly your offspring - will have to borrow gigantic sums to pay those college bills soon coming due.
A dramatic pay gap emerges between women and men in America the year after they graduate from college and widens over the ensuing decade, according to research released on Monday.
The hostage situation in Bailey Colorado is a stark reminder that you as a parent need to know that your child's school has a solid emergency plan.
Noshing on the news ...
I am planning on marrying for a second time. I want my children, not my new husband to inherit the money in my 401(k). How can I make sure this happens? - Linda, Baltimore
As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.
At home, the phrase "Go watch TV" to kids has replaced "Go outside and play" in many families. At school, the daily hour of recess is dwindling. The combination is contributing to many kids not getting enough exercise, according to some experts.
A new analysis of labor statistics shows that stay-at-home moms may be getting more than just Mother's Day gifts this year. They may be getting new jobs.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - A study released by the U.S. Department of Education this week found that full professors at four-year public colleges and universities earned an average of $89,001 in the academic year 2004-05.
Hurricane Katrina displaced one-quarter of the teachers in the New Orleans area and several districts will have to rebuild, Louisiana's education chief said.
As education officials assess damage and begin rebuilding plans, schools across the country have opened their doors to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Dear Armchair Millionaire: I have a ton of student loans, and I've been hearing about the advantages of consolidating them. Is this something I should consider?
With the rising cost of college, it isn't surprising that many families are feeling strapped by the financial burden of sending their children to school.
New federal guidelines that raise the bar for financial aid eligibility means some families will see their aid packages for this academic school year reduced.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Come July, the rock-bottom rates on your federally guaranteed, variable-rate student loans will be going up.
College acceptance letters are coming soon to a mailbox near you. In other words, it's about that time when parents and students begin to get nervous about the final step to the college application process: financial aid.
Still sighing with relief after your college-bound senior got her applications out the door? Well, don't relax yet.
A change in eligibility for Pell Grants to be announced Thursday by the Department of Education would cut some 90,000 students from the rolls of recipients and affect more than 1 million others, an education advocate says.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security sent a bulletin to local law enforcement and homeland security officials Wednesday advising schools how to stop a terrorist takeover similar to that of a Russian school in North Ossetia last month.
A selloff in for-profit, post-secondary education stocks continued for a second day Thursday as federal regulators ratcheted up inquiries into various accounting and records problems at leading companies in the sector.
It's the end of the school year. The good news? It's the end of the school year. The bad news? It's time for college graduates to begin paying back student loans.
(CNN) -- The U.S. Justice Department this week backed a Muslim girl's legal battle against an Oklahoma school district over the right to wear a head scarf in a public school.
The big winner of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament will be the University of Louisville.
James Dillard isn't negotiating anymore.
BEND, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Parents, if you hope to qualify for financial aid, apply for certain student and parental loans or put your collegiate in the running for merit-based awards, it's time to tackle financial aid forms.
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With college aid increasingly coming in the form of loans, not grants, student debt levels are higher than ever. The Department of Education's most recent survey found that students at private scho...
Between now and March, parents of many current and future college students will fill out a critical financial aid form: the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is required for a...
Uncle Sam has the perfect gift for college graduates: the lowest student-loan repayment rates in six years. Starting July 1, when the Department of Education and other lenders adjust the annual rat...
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If you're the parent of a college-bound high school senior, you've probably endured the tedium of filling out intrusive federal and college financial aid applications. Assuming you've sent in all t...
College-bound high school seniors and their parents may have months to file financial-aid forms, but you can boost your chances of getting the aid you want if you submit forms, including the Free A...
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In May, we advised college kids and their parents to hold off applying for a student loan until the summer, when rates would drop. Following our advice would have paid off: In June, President Clint...
If you're looking for a way to cut student-loan costs, and the buzz about loan consolidation has left you confused, that's understandable. Over the past nine months, the business of consolidating s...
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In the November issue we told you that the overloaded Department of Education had stopped accepting applications to consolidate government-backed student loans. Consolidation can help cash-strapped...
Hear this: the Department of Education is turning away all new applications from college grads or their parents who want to consolidate multiple government-backed student loans into one megaloan at...
Although multimillion-dollar legal bills have left Bill and Hillary Clinton nearly broke, as MONEY reported last year, they seem to have enough tucked away to finance First Daughter Chelsea's colle...
While other publications simply attempt to tell you which colleges are the strongest academically, we set out to identify the 150 best college buys--the schools that deliver the highest-quality edu...
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WHILE OTHER PUBLICATIONS SIMPLY ATTEMPT TO TELL you which colleges are the strongest academically, we set out to identify the 100 best college buys--the schools that deliver the highest-quality edu...
May's special report, "Today's Key to Success: Self-Reliance," stirred your pride and your compassion. Dozens of readers who wrote to Money praised the report for showing how self-reliance will be ...
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There is a growing income disparity in the work force between those with and without a college degree. How can high schools better prepare students headed straight for the job market? New research ...
Your servant has now read scores of reviews of The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and the late Richard J. Herrnstein. Most have fiercely criticized the book's thesis, which emphasizes the centrality...
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A new federal financial aid law is beginning to make it easier for college students to manage their debt loads. "Now all students will have more reasonable payment schedules," says David Longanecke...
When we tested the 10 toll-free federal consumer phone lines, we found some far more helpful than others. For example, the tax man was home, but the teacher's aide was out to lunch. The IRS number ...
The federal student loan program is widely conceded to be a mess in need of reform, but the view around our house is that the reforms now being proposed by Bill & Co. will only make matters messier...
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How integrated are American schools? In particular, how many black children attend schools that might reasonably be viewed as integrated? These seem like sensible questions to ask, since the effort...
Here's what to do if you want to apply for a federally insured student loan, or if you already have such a loan and are either seriously behind in your payments or have defaulted: -- If you want a ...
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Finally, some good news from the Department of Education: the nomination of Lamar Alexander, 50, as Secretary. The president of the University of Tennessee replaces Lauro F. Cavazos, whose two non-...
We have recently been hovering over some arresting figures about America's investment in education -- an investment widely viewed as inadequate. Asked in a recent Harris poll to name their top prio...
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