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Tag Archives: tuition

Why isn’t college LESS expensive during a recession?

October 21, 2009 – 4:11 pm

It has been difficult to pick up a newspaper the past week without seeing a story on the rising cost of college tuition; these articles from the LA Times and the Washington Post are representative. College costs are in the news because of the College Board’s “Trends in College Pricing 2009” report, which  I would [...]

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30% of College Students Pay Tuition Using Credit Cards

April 28, 2009 – 3:38 pm

A new study from Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the U.S., found that 30% of American students put at least some of their tuition payments onto personal credit cards. That’s an increase of six percentage points since 2004. Perhaps equally troubling, the study found that only 18% of students are able [...]

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