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Attending community college does make you richer, study says

A recent study by Dave Marcotte, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County found women graduating from community college with a 2-year degree earn 45.8% more annually than high school educated women. Men who ...

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Student loans 101: The interest rate uproar

(AP) -- Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July. Especially if they're going to be blamed for it in an election year.

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created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Middle class woe

the American middle class has been battered by the loss of well-paying jobs for the 70 percent of the workforce without a college degree and failed by would-be protectors in government and private institutions, said panelists ...

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Study shows how much parents pay for college

While you’ve heard of the “mom and dad scholarship,” new research clears up some of the mystery about the number and scope of these grants given to today’s college students from their parents.

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created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

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created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Society may get stuck with the bill for expensive higher education

(PhysOrg.com) -- The rising cost of a college education and limited access to financial aid may create a less productive workforce and steeper wealth inequity, according to a study by North American economists.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Online tool helps predict college costs

Choosing a college is one of the most important financial decisions that a teenager - and his or her parents - will ever make. But families that are going through the college-application process have usually had little in ...

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Workplace woes: The employment crisis isn’t just a lack of jobs -- it’s a lack of good jobs

The U.S. unemployment rate remains high. But the number of Americans without work is only part of our larger jobs crisis, says MIT economist Paul Osterman. The other part, he believes, is a deficit of worthwhile ...

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Apple 'genius' Steve Jobs dies from cancer

Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's ...

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 47

Student loan default rates jump

The number of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans has jumped sharply, the latest indication that rising college tuition costs, low graduation rates and poor job prospects are getting more and more ...

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created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Financial education creates positive 'snowball effect'

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a University of Arizona study, cumulative education leads to more financial knowledge and more positive financial behaviors.

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created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2


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