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To control college costs: Work harder, dump gen-ed, fire DEI staff
College costs keep rising, even as more young people question a degree's value. The James Martin Center for Academic Renewal asked for...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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College is a gamble: Will you graduate? In what major? Owing how much?
Americans have soured on the value of a college education, writes Paul Tough in the New York Times Magazine. Ten years ago, 86 percent of...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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Class of '23 has high hopes -- $84,855 -- for post-college pay
Gen Z college students are clueless about the workforce, according to a survey conducted in March, writes Jaime Dunaway-Seale for Real...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 20, 20232 min read
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$1.7 trillion in college debt is 'mostly unrepayable'
Even if President Biden is able to figure some student loans, most of the $1.7 trillion in college debt will not be repaid -- ever, write...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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Biden can't cancel student loans, says court
President Biden can't cancel $430 billion in student loans, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. Chief Justice John Roberts cited a 2021...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Poor blacks get nothing from affirmative action
Affirmative action in college admissions has failed to help disadvantaged black students, writes Bertrand Cooper in The Atlantic. If the...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20232 min read
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$1.78 trillion in college debt: Can US derail the debt train?
Student loan debt now totals $1.78 trillion, reports Motley Fool. That number has doubled in the last 10 years. The average debtor owes...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Debtors will have to repay student loans: 'We won't be able to afford a new house'
More than three years after student loan payments were paused and interest rates were cut to zero, borrowers will have to resume payments...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Under Biden's new plan, most college borrowers won't repay loans
Don't save for college. Don't choose a cheaper alternative. Unless you become a very higher earner very quickly, you'll make only...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 18, 20232 min read
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Emily the art student, debtor and criminal
Emily owes $60,000 for an art degree she never finished. Her payments, from her job delivering food, reduce the interest but aren't...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20222 min read
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College apps are up again, and crunch season is just starting
College applications appear to be up this fall after a pandemic dip, according to the Common Application's report on early applicants....

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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Serve your country to clear your student loans
Link college loans to civilian or military service, writes Steve Cohen in City Journal. "President Biden’s plan to 'forgive' student...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20221 min read
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Colleges can cut costs by getting back to basics
If colleges and universities got back to basics -- teaching and worthwhile research -- they could serve students without saddling them...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 30, 20222 min read
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Drop college mandates for jobs before the next $400 billion bailout
Forgiving student loans -- if it survives a legal challenge -- is estimated to cost $400 billion to $500 billion or more. That means...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20223 min read
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Blue-collar workers don't want to pay college loans: 'Hell no!'
Linking student loan forgiveness to jobs and skills training would have been politically savvy, writes Andrew J. Rotherham on Eduwonk....

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 25, 20222 min read
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Biden: $10,000 break on college loans
President Joe Biden will cancel $10,000 in student loans for those earning less than $125,000 a year and extend "the pandemic-era pause...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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