Year: 2022

The U.S. Department of Education has a place to sign up for updates. Be sure to apply for debt relief before the student loan payment moratorium expires at the end of this year. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/21/how-get-ready-for-student-loan-forgiveness-so-you-can-apply-asap.html

Nearly 2 in 5 American college graduates have major regrets. That is, they regret their major. The regretters include a healthy population of liberal arts majors, who may be responding to pervasive social cues. When he delivered his 2011 State of the Union address in the shadow of the Great Recession, former president Barack Obama…

New Repayment Plan Would Extremely Reduce Your Cost For College. This Could Be A New Way Colleges Use Marketing To Promote Their “Financial Aid” Statistics. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/04/new-student-loan-plan-slashes-monthly-payments-interest.html

Regional Colleges Will Suffer While Elite Universities Are Poised To Get More Selective. In Order To Attract People Who Are Unlikely To Enroll In College You Will Soon See Big Incentives Like Large Tuition Discounts. This Trend Is Happening Because Less Babies Have Been Born Since 2007 And A Huge Drop In International Students. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/11/business/incredible-shrinking-college-class/

UC Campuses Plan To Increase Enrollment By 23,000 Students, Focusing On Underserved California Cities. Problems Around UC Santa Barbara Campus Will Limit Its Growth Compared To Other Campuses. It Appears This Is A Solution That Avoids The Cost Of Building New Campuses. What Is Yet To Be Seen Is How Critical Student Services Will Keep…

U.S. News and World Report delisted Columbia University from this year’s Best Colleges rankings, saying the Ivy League institution failed to validate data it submitted to the publication that it uses to construct the influential database.  U.S. News’ move follows Columbia announcing late last month it will not participate in next year’s rankings amid an internal investigation into…

During The Last Recession College Became More Expensive For Families Despite The Increase Of The Pell Grant. States That Experienced The Recession More Severely Realized The Highest Growth In Costs For College; Sometimes More Than Double. Endowments Shrink And Colleges Often Give Less Grant Aid Than They Do Prior To A Recession According To NBER.…

Starting June 23 — the first day of the summer term — the College will transition to a no-loan financial aid policy for undergraduates, College President Phil Hanlon announced in a reunion address. Hanlon said that the shift was prompted by over $120 million in scholarship donations to the endowment through The Call to Lead…

Take your time. For most people, it’s not possible to write a stellar essay ten minutes before the application deadline. We recommend giving yourself a few hours to write the first draft of your scholarship essay. Ask a friend to read it over or just take some time away, then take another hour to proofread…