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Student Loans For Everyone?

The Wall Street Journal published a provocative article - titled "Should anyone be eligible for student loans? Some economists say no" .
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Student Loan Rate Set to Double

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Wisconsin Public Radio Ideas Network

College students are moving in for the new school year, but some parents may not be emotionally ready for it. On August 31, 2011 Vicky Nelson, Editor of College Parents of America, talks to Joy Cardin, Ideas Network on Wisconsin Public Radio about the role of the parent, whether "helicopter parenting" is a good idea and how to deal with the empty nest when kids move out.  Listen to the interview:
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2019 College Humor: Mid-Term & Thanksgiving Comic

The fourth comic in the College Parents of America Humor series is online--just in time for Thanksgiving! This comic, a collaboration between College Parents of America and Hector Curriel, discusses a common bit of news that parents are thankful for this time of year. 
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Free Speech on Campus: Does it Still Exist?

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A College Degree and a Dollar Will Get You Four Quarters

A Texas prison inmate wrote me recently asking for a free copy of my book after reading about it in a newspaper column on the importance of soft skills in the job hunt. He justified the request with a claim that he achieved a 3.7 GPA in getting his associate's degree and "acquired a lot of academic knowledge" but was not ready for the workforce when he completes his prison term soon. I hear this comment frequently from college graduates and current students everywhere from community college to the Ivies, and none of them are in jail.