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The price of college again rose faster than the inflation rate this year, climbing 6.6 percent at four-year public schools and outstripping increases in the financial aid that lowers what most students actually pay.
Be careful, Boston College. The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that's been more of a burden than a reward recently.
Thinking about the University of California, Riverside for college? Then come pet our cockroaches!
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he would like to link college financial aid to the jobs students pursue after graduation.
It had been 11 years since Nos. 1 and 2 lost on the same day before LSU and California pulled the trick last week.
Two state colleges evacuated their shared campus in northwest Ohio and canceled classes Wednesday because of a telephoned bomb threat, a school spokeswoman said.
Ohio State has risen — all the way to No 1. A day after the top two teams in the AP Top 25 lost, the Buckeyes jumped two spots Sunday in the media poll and became the third school this season to hold the No. 1 ranking.
Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price — a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition.
No doubt about it, LSU is No. 1. As for the rest of the Top 25, five wild weeks of college football have taken quite a toll.
LSU is closing in on Southern California in the AP Top 25, and Appalachian State is getting some recognition — but not a ranking.
Thud! The final fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigan came Tuesday, when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of The Associated Press Top 25, an unprecedented fall from No. 5 to unranked. Since the AP poll expanded to 25 teams in 1989, no team has taken a bigger tumble in one week.
As part of a pledge to make college more affordable, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to eliminate federal subsidies for banks that provide student loans.
Ohio State, Kansas, Florida and North Carolina — the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament — held the top four spots in the final Associated Press college basketball poll Monday.
A longtime donor to the College of William and Mary is withholding a $12 million pledge because of the decision to remove of a cross from a campus chapel, the school said.
Ohio State took over the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college basketball poll Monday, the first time the Buckeyes have held the top ranking since 1962 when they were led by Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek and on a run of three straight Final Fours.
The Florida Gators are No. 1 for the fourth straight week. This time, there's no doubt about it. Florida became the first unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll in nearly two years, garnering all 72 first place votes Monday.
Florida didn't have to lobby to win this vote. The Gators are No. 1 in a landslide.
As great as a conference championship game can be, and there are five being played in the next three days, deciding a league champ the old-fashioned way can be fun.
More college presidents are earning annual compensation of $500,000 or more, fueled in part by stiff competition by schools for the best candidates, according to a study.
Josh Zalasky should be the kind of college applicant with little to worry about.
It's party time at Oral Roberts, the religion-based school in Tulsa that gave Bill Self his first job as a head coach. The lightly regarded Golden Eagles came into Lawrence as double-digit underdogs to a mighty Kansas team ranked No. 3 in the country, victorious in 165 of its last 175 home games. What they went home with Wednesday night was a surprising 78-71 victory over the Jayhawks, Self's current team.
Three years after being stripped of its best teams by the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East football is healthy again.
Georgia and Miami have a chance to right their shaky seasons and jump back into the Top 25.
Ohio State's run at No. 1 is now one week short of the Buckeyes' longest to start a season. Ohio State was on top of The Associated Press Top 25 for the ninth consecutive week when the poll was released Sunday. In 1969 under coach Woody Hayes, Ohio State started the season No. 1 and stayed there for 10 weeks. A loss to Michigan dropped the Buckeyes from the top spot.
Miami built a football dynasty on an us-vs.-them attitude. The Hurricanes perfected the concept of swagger, and intimidation long has been the key ingredient to success. Sometimes that bravado gets them into trouble.
College administrators are finding that students are not rushing to sign up for cell phone text-message alerts.
Seattle—"Should our university even be in the e-mail business?" Wendy Woodward King found herself asking last year. Her answer, the director of technology support services at Northwestern University told a session at the Educause technology meeting, was no.
Remember the days when earning a B.A. or B.S. really took just four years? Well it seems that—for some students—those days are fading into memory. Find out what students are doing to cost themselves 2 extra years of time and money.
The PHEAA will cut state funded financial aid by 58 percent next year if a vote last week is actually implemented. The agency's interim president, James Preston, blamed the reductions on cuts in federal subsidies for student loans and on financial markets.
Quirkee's nipples are erect this week because of a very special clip that we received from a friend of ours. It's an online short that was made by a guy named John Ramsey. John is a comic with a lot of credits to his name.
Tips for college students (on or off campus) to help them deal with and prepare for a natural disaster or emergency.
Students from schools like Cornell, Yale, Duke, and Princeton received some of the lowest scores on a nationwide survey of students' knowledge of basic U.S. history.
Tuition and fees at public and private universities have risen this year at more than double the rate of inflation, with prices increasing faster at public institutions, the College Board said in reports released yesterday.
With college costs steadily on the rise, is it really worth attending a nice school? MoneyMoose investigates.
OXNARD, Ca. (KoeppCorp.com) – Recent survey results from the Educational Testing Service and the Ad Council suggest that 75 percent to 98 percent of students cheat in high school, compared to just 20 percent of students during the 1940s.
Richard Robert, president of Oral Roberts University and son of evangelist Oral Roberts, has asked the board of ORU for a leave of absence. This is from the lawsuit of a former faculty and variety of accusations that are being made against Roberts and his wife.
Well, I finally broke my 4-2 streak with my predictions, going 6-1 this week. I would have been perfect this week had Minnesota not sunk to a brand new low against a team from a conference that I'd never heard of until this week.
A charter plane with the USC football team on board got caught in a middle of a severe storm, sending the plane plumetting downwards. Students were thrown of their seats, but thank goodness the pilot was able to avert from tragedy striking.
RIAA continued its effort to end piracy at college campuses with a new round of 'pre-litigation' letters aimed at using the threat of a suit to settle cases out of court.
"Joy in the Jungle: Adventures in Entrepreneurial Thinking" promises to be an inspirational and zany show for anyone in business or thinking about making the leap.
Having trouble with your roommate? Read up on these guidelines of what NOT to do when approaching him or her about a problem.
Congressman George Miller's staff obviously supports the new College Cost Reduction and Access Act--one of them dressed up as a giant check and danced in the streets on a YouTube video made to promote the new legislation! Check out the video!
We can now add to our long and growing list of drug war grievances that this terrible crusade has become a fully functional army recruitment tool. The U.S. Military has changed its rules to make it easier for drug offenders to enlist.
The FAFSA is complicated--it's true. But it turns out there are a lot of reasons for families of ALL income levels to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The bottom line? It could save you a lot of money on the cost of college.
The broad gist of the proposal is that Clinton would increase grant funding available to college students and pay for it by eliminating federal loan programs.
With a closing semester coming in most colleges, it's time of the year where would be graduates in the coming months take the step to get out of their studies and go for that job that they have been dreaming about.
Harrell and Crabtree are on record paces, but honors rarely go to Red Raiders.
The cost of the GRE has gone up. Fees for the test have doubled since it went from a paper and pencil test to a fully computerized assessment tool.
Are you thinking about dropping a college class? Or wondering what to do if you ever think you need to drop a class? Read up on the "when" and "why" of dropping to help you decide if it is the right move for you.
North Dakota State's self-imposed 24-hour rule expired at 4:47 p.m. on Sunday. That meant the Bison could officially look ahead to the University of Minnesota game on Saturday.
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