U.S. Department of Education Updates its Most & Least Expensive College Lists
screenshot of heading graphic on https://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/ The U.S. Department of Education updated its most expensive and least expensive colleges list. This now marks the fourh year in a row that such data has been released.
ProPublica – Useful Research Tool & Report “Debt by Degrees”
New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows in detail how much federal student loan debt college students by school. Use ProPublica's interactive database to search among 6,000 schools in the U.S. to see how much they support their poorest students financially. College Parents of America applauds the work of ProPublica to promote greater transparency by colleges and universities.
Habits Build Student Success
At College Parents of America, we strive to provide valuable resource information to our members, as well as vigorous advocacy.While many of my recent columns have centered around some of the key advocacy issues that we are focusing on – to serve you – here in Washington, DC, we also work to benefit you with resource information that hits home wherever you live.One of those key resource areas involves the question of academic preparation for college, not just what it takes to get in to school, but what it takes to succeed.
Cleveland Fed Says College is Worth It (but mind the subtext about graduating!)
"Happy Graduation!" by Gates Foundation, cc license Echoing many previous pieces around the internet, the Cleveland Federal Reserve, too, is letting everyone know that the cost of a college degree is worth it.