It should be more difficult to get financial aid in 2011-12, according to an article from yesterday’s US News & World Report. Colleges have seen their asset portfolios decline in recent [...]

Tune In on Sunday, January 30 as Ken Schreiber, midday host of Chicago’s 560 am, and I cut through the Washington jargon and get right to the heart of the ‘Cut Waste v Invest’ [...]

When selecting a college, it is critical to know the school’s graduation rate.  These are measured in 4-, 5-, and 6-year rates of graduation.  The benchmark is 6 years, believe it or not [...]

I want to switch gears for a second to issue a very serious warning about bogus financial aid services.  When it gets ‘down-to-the-wire’ for paying the college bill,  many students [...]

Newly elected California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a $1.4 billion cut in funding for public higher education in that state. This draconian measure is part of an effort to address a $28 [...]

Now that the Class of 2015’s college applications are in, it’s time to give you the run-down on what has become a multi-year, highly commoditized and stressful process.  Especially for the [...]

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