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I'm posing this as a factual quesiton. Is basic supply and demand to blame for college tuition costs outstripping inflation?
Remembering back to first-year microeconomics, there are situations where (a) the price elasticity is low, (b) the slope of the...
Started by Krammer on
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For example, in the public university system here in California, the actually cost of providing the college education has not risen greatly students more to attend....
college tuition costs, not simply what students get charged.
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Hello,
I am an 18 year old US high-school graduate going into college in about a year. The thing is, I need to save as much money as possible in one year for tuition. My parents are VERY low income and I won't be able to get much help from them. Also,...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at getrichslowly):
Not gonna....
The choice here is simple - have your parents open up there.
If it's in your PARENT'S name, however, it factors into the equation of college costs as a much smaller proportion of potential money for the college.
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Petition to obtain into college has gotten out of control. The playbook on admissions strategies has transformed fatter than the college textbooks themselves - which is mentioning something whether you've ever had to tote around the Fundamentals of Physics...
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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This is Mark Cuban's blog
The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon
May 13th 2012 7:34PM
This is what I see when i think about higher education in this country today:
Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough...
Started by BarbDeep on
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Is a college education....
Only hope it will take care of their college costs like my parents paid for my education, that would be the biggest thing that would constrain college education costs (of course, that might.
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FAFSA blues
May 4, 2012 9:02 PM Subscribe Help my friend get financial aid again.
I have a friend here in Minnesota that would like to go back to school but she just found out that she is ineligible for student aid because she is in default for her previous...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at metafilter):
Until she is an independent student, she needs her parents....
I did this after payingIt doesn't matter whether her parents can contribute or not.
Usually employees of colleges receive free tuition at said college.
University.
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I need some outside perspective from people not so close to the issue:
A little background: I am a preschool teacher but have only recently reentered the work force full time. I currently work at a daycare/preschool and my DD's come with me. I am mostly...
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My parents be their ....
DH for success and I don’t feel I am fully responsiable to fund my child’s college education.
My parents didn't save for my college education and I managed.
Our boys for their lifetime.
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Skyrocketing college tuition is a major political issue right now, with many grads struggling amidst a poor job market to pay back an average of $25,000 in student loan debts, a record high. This debt can make it hard for grads to plan for other big life...
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My parents don't seem to know much about college either, so any attempts to ask them have universities from community ....
parents withdrew me from school, but they never really tried to give me any education after, ect ect.
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Is Tuition Really THAT Unreasonable in Ontario? E-mail from the student federation at my university:
In May of this year, student representatives from across the country voted to call a national day of action in 2012 to demonstrate Canada-wide support...
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Neither enough....
For the students who cry for college tuition to be lowered, while they prick away on iTunes using their new the demand to go to college, the college raises the price of tuition, simple demand and supply.
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Hey guys, i'm from SC and right behind my house is the NC state line. I pretty much do everything in NC; shop there, eat there, hang out there, all my friends are from there, I've even gone to high school there. Yet I've been going to a community college...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at collegeconfidential):
Unless you are 24 or over, your residency for instate tuition is based on your parents' state a push for in-state tuition, you and your parents should change everything possible to the new address in a North Carolina institution....
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