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BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Paul M. Barrett |
Book Review: Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting Our Money Authors Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus look at where students can get value for their money -- and how too many schools charge too much and deliver too little   |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College at a Discount Next year, a Minnesota-based university will cut its tuition by 33 percent for all its students. Others will likely follow. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Brian Stoffel |
Was I Completely Wrong About For-Profit Education? Our analyst takes a second look at the industry's ability to disrupt. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012 |
HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2012
Prachi Patel |
The $10 000 College Degree A Texas university offers a low-cost bachelor's in IT. But what's it worth? |
Registered Rep.
December 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Admissions Fever The college admissions process can drive teens and their parents crazy this time of year. Here are some statistics to get clients of college-bound kids to simmer down. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2011
Jim Mueller |
Rising Star Buy: Going to School With Bridgepoint Negative public sentiment gives us an opportunity to profit. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2011
Alex Pape |
Rising Star Trade: Buy Bridgepoint Education, Short Strayer Education This author places his bets on for-profit universities. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
3 Tips for New Grads Be sure to start off your new life on the right foot. Include your finances in your planning, and you'll get the most you can out of your education. |
Registered Rep.
June 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Don't Hide the Disability While it isn't highly publicized, many colleges have resources for children with learning disabilities. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Jones & Aaronson |
Showing Some Class Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2012
Morgan Housel |
Surging Tuition: More Than Meets the Eye Hyperinflation, or just poor politics? |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2009
Rich Smith |
Why Does College Cost So Much? The answer is simpler than you think. The government can improve access to higher education and reduce the price of it (not the cost, mind you, but the price students pay directly) by increasing financial aid. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2011
John Hechinger |
For-Profit College Grads Also Earn a Life of Debt The schools leave students more indebted than conventional colleges |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2011
Alex Pape |
Rising Stars Trade: Buy More Bridgepoint Education Time to load up shares of this unloved educator. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2012
Brian Stoffel |
A Fool Hedges His Bets One analyst changes his outlook on for-profit education. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2007
John Churchill |
College Costs: Up, Up and Away Recently released survey of college costs found that tuition and fees at 4-year public universities rose 6.6 percent per year in 2007. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Here Are 2 Diamonds In the Rough Let's take a look at new student enrollment in for-profit education. |
BusinessWeek
April 16, 2007
Christoph Guttentag |
The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough For many American families, March Madness refers not to a basketball tournament but to the ever-increasing anxiety in the weeks before colleges mail their acceptance letters. |
Information Today
October 20, 2015 |
EBSCO Introduces Resource for College and Career Readiness EBSCO Information Services launched the PrepSTEP online learning platform to help students build the skills they need for college and career readiness. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2011
Danielle Reed |
Financial Planning Education 101: 10 Standout Schools A closer look at ten notable schools for with financial planning programs. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
For-Profit Universities Want Some Respect For-profit higher-education programs are booming -- even Jack Welch has signed on to offer an executive MBA program bearing his name. Can market-driven schools award online diplomas that graduates are proud of? |
Job Journal
May 3, 2009 |
Quick Fix: Low-Cost Higher Education College is expensive, but in today's market you may need additional training to learn new skills and land your next job. Here are some budget-friendly options. |
Job Journal
December 13, 2009
Lauren Baumbauer |
Could Your Career Use a Little Class? Expand your knowledge while broadening your network and your horizons. |
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Majoring in Employment One of the top reasons students attend college is to get a good job. But just how much will schools help in the job search? |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2010
Brian Stoffel |
Don't Go Anywhere Near This Stock Just because Apollo Group's stock is down doesn't mean it can't drop further. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2013
Dan Bernstein |
Big Money on Campus Student housing remains a lucrative investment. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Rosalind Resnick |
Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
Daniel Golden |
For-Profit Colleges Target the Military Online universities are raking in millions by signing up soldiers as students. But how valuable is the education they're delivering? |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2011
Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Tekla S. Perry |
John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker Stanford University's president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
7 Ways to Cut the Cost of College Why pay hundreds or thousands when you could be saving that money instead? |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Fool Blog: Is Tuition the Next Bubble to Pop? At some point, the tuition bubble has to give. College will still be expensive going forward, but it certainly won't be as pricey as some may have thought in the past. So don't feel like you have to roll the dice on high-growth stocks. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
William C. Symonds |
Cash-Cow Universities For-profits are growing fast and making money. Do students get what they pay for? |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2009
Rama Ramaswami |
Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Ann Marsh |
25 Great Schools For Future Financial Planners The academic landscape for financial planning is shifting rapidly. Here s where to find the next generation of advisors. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Charly Travers |
Bridgepoint Education Is Tarred and Feathered But there's no good reason for it. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How to Handle Overblown College Fears It's only natural that your clients dread the approach of this milestone, but as they prepare for it, you can help minimize their stress level. |
