Average Tuition & Fees, by Institution Type, 1980-81 to 2010-11
Source Publication: The State of Young America: The DatabookAs state funding for higher education steadily declined as a portion of colleges’ revenue, colleges raised tuition to make up for the gap—a...
View ArticleTamara Draut on Marketplace: Lower and Middle Income Households Much More...
Vice-President of Policy & Research Tamara Draut was on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal to talk about the high cost of college for middle and low income households.Tamara DrautEconomy &...
View ArticleFlorida’s Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine Its Future...
August 20, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Florida_HigherEd_StateCuts_Factsheet.pdf Author: Viany Orozco Just as a postsecondary education has become essential for getting a...
View ArticleTexas’ Investment in Higher Education Lags Behind Student Needs and Workforce...
August 20, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Texasbrief-Final_0.pdf Author: Demos Author: Center For Public Policy Priorities Just as postsecondary education has expanded...
View ArticleFlorida Higher Ed Funding and Tuition Costs
Source Publication: Florida’s Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine Its Future Middle ClassLargely as a result of reductions in state funding, Florida students today face higher costs...
View ArticleThe Contract For College
September 4, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/3-TheContractForCollege.pdf Author: Amy Traub Author: Tamara Draut Author: David CallahanWidely shared middle-class prosperity...
View ArticleBankruptcy for Billionaires
The Daily Beast| Daniel Gross On Aug. 29, Contec Holdings, a Schenectady, N.Y., company that repairs cable boxes, filed a prepackaged bankruptcy plan—a court-sanctioned deal with lenders in which the...
View ArticleCollege on a Credit Card
September 5, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/PSN-CollegeOnACreditCard_0.pdf Author: Catherine Ruetschlin Author: Robert Hiltonsmith As states continue to cut higher education...
View ArticleDid Educational Expenses Contribute To Your Credit Card Debt?
Source Publication: College on a Credit CardSixty percent of indebted households who had college expenses for a child in the past 3 years report that those expenses contributed to their current credit...
View ArticleHouseholds With Poor Credit Scores
Source Publication: College on a Credit CardHouseholds identify late payments toward student loans as contributing to their low credit score.
View ArticleCollege for the Cost-Conscious: Picking A Budget School
The cost of higher education has become an increasingly heavy burden. Students are finding different ways to adapt.The Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine The Future Middle...
View ArticleNew York Students Slam Credit Checks
The students assembled outside Borough of Manhattan Community College this morning were indignant.read more
View ArticleCollege Funding In Context: Understanding The Difference In Higher Education...
December 20, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/HigherEducationReport-Demos.pdf Author: David Weerts Author: Thomas Sanford Author: Leah Reinert Access to a post-secondary...
View ArticleRenewing Federal Unemployment Insurance Is Critical to Stem Rising Household...
December 20, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Fact-Sheet-Unemployment-Insurance-Stems-Rising-Household-Debt.pdf Author: Demos Author: NELP Joblessness imposes steep costs on...
View ArticleIs Eleven Years Old Too Young To Be Working Your Way Through College?
If you find yourself at the crossroads of Route 209 and Route 534 in Kresgeville, Pennsylvania, stop by the Kresgeville Delicatessan. You may be lucky enough to meet 11-year-old Olivia, who works...
View ArticleShortchanging the Next Generation
I will start drawing Social Security next month. I think I've earned it. On the other hand, I have to admit that society has been good to my generation.I was able to graduate from a good private...
View ArticleRich College Presidents, Strapped Students
Last year, the top ten U.S. university presidents made a combined $21 million. That's a lot, except when you consider what athletic coaches often make. For example, Mack Brown -- the football coach at...
View ArticleBank of America Gets Virtually Free Money, Why Not Students of America?
For years now, I’ve been asking myself how the federal government justifies charging students nearly 7 percent for loans when banks can get federal funds virtually interest-free (the Fed discount...
View ArticleTexas’ Investment in Higher Education Lags Behind Student Needs and Workforce...
August 20, 2012 https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Texasbrief-Final_0.pdf Author: Demos Author: Center For Public Policy Priorities Just as postsecondary education has expanded...
View ArticleFlorida Higher Ed Funding and Tuition Costs
Source Publication: Florida’s Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine Its Future Middle ClassLargely as a result of reductions in state funding, Florida students today face higher costs...
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