Economists are increasingly worried that young Americans will spend years buried under student debt.
Joe Mihalic was determined not to be one of the many young Americans that economists are increasingly worried about that will spend the coming years buried under student debt.
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Graduates with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs.
The 2012 graduating classes in U.S. colleges are in for a rude awakening to the world of work.
The weak labor market has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
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58% of college students prefer digital over print for textbook reading.
According to a new survey from the Pearson Foundation, the majority of U.S. college students now prefer digital formats whether they’re reading textbooks or “fun” books.
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The countries with the most highly educated citizens are also some of the wealthiest in the world.
College graduation rates in developed countries have increased nearly 200%, in the past 50 years according to Education at a Glance 2011, a recently published report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). While education has improved across the board, it has not improved evenly, with some countries enjoying much greater rates of educational attainment than others, according to the report.
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An estimated 37 million Americans have some college credit but no degree. Western Governors University is trying to change that. The nonprofit online school is challenging many traditional concepts about higher education with a new approach aimed to help adult students finish college.
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Educational borrowing has grown far more quickly among those between 35 and 49.
According to a new analysis obtained by Reuters, middle-aged borrowers are piling up student debt faster than any other age group.
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Not even a college degree is going to help much.
Is this the New Normal? Incomes have fallen since the new millennium began and aren’t expected to catch up until 2021, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of economists’ forecasts.
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Seton Hall University is offering discounts up to 66% on tuition.
Discounted programs and other ways to save are being offered by a growing number of private colleges and universities. Students and families have been turned off by the potential six-figure tuition bills from private colleges. So some are cutting their prices.
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What should children in K-12 be learning today?
Anna Padte: I am giving a talk next week on Education in the 21st Century. When parents think about their child’s education, K-12, it is often focused on the goal of getting to a good if not excellent college. In updating my research for this talk, I dug deep into the future of American higher education and came upon some gait-stopping ideas.
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Fifty percent of all women who have graduated from a four-year college give the U.S. higher education system excellent or good marks for the value it provides given the money spent by students and their families but only 37% of male graduates agree. Also, women who have graduated from college are more likely than men to say their education helped them to grow both personally and intellectually. These results of a nationwide Pew Research Center survey come at a time when women surpass men by record numbers in college enrollment and completion.
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