Market Cap and Gown - News and Information on Tuition, Saving for College, SAGE Scholars and College Legislation

Monday, February 8, 2010

Market Cap and Gown

Article Filter

All Categories  ·   Member School News  ·   SAGE Scholars News  ·   Tuition & Financial Aid News  ·   Campus Finances
College Savings News  ·   Higher Education Legislation  ·   Retirement Savings News  ·   General College News  ·   Student Loan Industry
Top Stories From The Last 30 Days
Stories Per Page:    20  ·   30  ·   40  ·   50

	General College News
13 Vote for this story	The New Math on Campus
	posted: 7 hours ago		source: nytimes.com
	Women outnumber men at many campuses (except the Ivies). It's even more of a problem when there's no engineering school, as at the University of North Carolina, which is 60% female.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Student Loan Industry
22 Vote for this story	Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans
	posted: Feb 6th		source: nytimes.com
	WASHINGTON — Four months ago, it appeared all but certain that the White House and Democrats in Congress would succeed in overhauling the student loan business and ending government subsidies to private lenders. President Obama called the idea a “no-brainer” ... Many colleges were already moving to get loans directly from the federal government. But passage is in doubt now, following lobbying efforts - $8 million by Sallie Mae alone in 2009 - and $2.1 million in political contributions by loan company PACs.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Tuition & Financial Aid News
28 Vote for this story	FAFSA: Taming the college financial aid form
	posted: Feb 5th		source: blog.nj.com
	It’s been compared to a nightmare, a torture session and a root canal. Around this time of year, families around the country face the daunting task of filling out the dreaded FAFSA form.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	General College News
15 Vote for this story	Independent-College Groups Pledge to Improve Access and Completion
	posted: Feb 5th		source: chronicle.com
	Two of the nation's largest associations of independent colleges are teaming up in an effort to identify and encourage the best ways to help more students enroll in college and complete their degrees.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Campus Finances
16 Vote for this story	College Endowments Suffer Huge Declines
	posted: Feb 5th		source: time.com
	College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Paying For College
19 Vote for this story	College Could Get Cheaper -- or Not
	posted: Feb 5th		source: smartmoney.com
	During his State of the Union address last week, President Obama announced several proposals that would make paying for college tuition within reach for more students and their families. These include a tax credit of $10,000 for students who attend a four-year undergraduate college or university and a small increase in the Pell?grant. Also, the president proposed changing an existing federal-student-loan repayment plan – the income-based repayment plan -- or IBR -- by lowering the minimum amount borrowers are required to pay each month and shortening the repayment period.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Campus Finances
18 Vote for this story	Private Giving to Colleges Dropped Sharply in 2009
	posted: Feb 5th		source: chronicle.com
	With a battered economy and volatile financial markets taking their tolls on donors' pocketbooks, private giving to American colleges dropped sharply in 2009, according to findings of the annual Voluntary Support of Education survey, which were released on Wednesday. Donations were down $3.75-billion from the previous year—a decline of 11.9 percent, the steepest in the survey's 50-year history.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Campus Finances
49 Vote for this story	Yale, With $150 Million Deficit, Plans Staff and Research Cuts
	posted: Feb 5th		source: nytimes.com
	Yale University announced on Wednesday that it planned a number of steps to close a remaining $150 million budget gap, including cutting staff, freezing salaries for deans and officers, reducing the number of graduate students — even turning down all thermostats to 68 degrees.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Higher Education Legislation News
18 Vote for this story	A Personal Perspective on Obama’s Pell Grant Infusion
	posted: Feb 5th		source: thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com
	As I moderated comments Tuesday on a post about President Obama’s proposal to increase Pell Grant awards, one dispatch stopped my cursor cold. It read: “This is absolutely the right direction and in keeping with my grandfather’s original vision for the program.” It was signed, “Clay Pell.”
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	College Savings News
21 Vote for this story	529 college savings plans give your investments a 15% edge
	posted: Feb 5th		source: usatoday.com
	If someone gave you a 15% head start toward saving for college, would you take it? Given today's tax environment for investors, you're getting a 15% head start to take advantage of tax-advantaged accounts designed for college savings. Specifically I'm thinking about the 529 college savings plan, which lets you withdraw contributions and earnings tax-free as along as you use the money to pay for qualified college costs.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Member College News
22 Vote for this story	Wheeling Jesuit University Announces New Interim President
	posted: Feb 5th		source: statejournal.com
	The Wheeling Jesuit University Board of Directors and Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of a new interim president for the university, Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill, O.S.U., Ed.D. She will be the first female leader of the university and she arrives on campus Feb. 8.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	General College News
18 Vote for this story	If Colleges Worked Like Health Care
	posted: Feb 5th		source: economix.blogs.nytimes.com
	Professors would rent office space from the university and then each function as their own profit centers. They would equip their offices with computers to present graphic illustrations to students during office hours or surf the internet with them, charging not only a professional office-visit fee, but also a PC usage fee.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Tuition & Financial Aid News
19 Vote for this story	University of Texas has recommended a nearly 4 percent tuition increase
	posted: Feb 5th		source: kvue.com
	The president of the University of Texas has recommended a nearly 4 percent tuition increase for the next two school years.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Tuition & Financial Aid News
20 Vote for this story	Iowa Regents approve 6 percent tuition increase
	posted: Feb 5th		source: chicagotribune.com
	The Iowa State Board of Regents has approved a 6 percent increase in tuition for in-state undergraduate students. The regents approved the increase Thursday on a 7-2 vote during their meeting in Ames.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Student Loan Industry
28 Vote for this story	Lobbying by Banking Industry Threatens Student Loan Overhaul
	posted: Feb 5th		source: thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com
	We’ve been talking all week on The Choice about President Obama’s plans for financial aid, including his proposal to phase banks out of the student loan business and to use hundreds of millions in dollars in government savings to boost the Pell Grant program.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Retirement Savings News
19 Vote for this story	Annuities Get Obama Fist Bump
	posted: Feb 5th		source: nytimes.com
	If the biggest risk in retirement is running out of money, an annuity can help guarantee that you won’t. In effect, it allows you to buy the pension that your employer has probably stopped offering, and it can help pick up where Social Security leaves off.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	SAGE Scholars News
24 Vote for this story	University of San Diego Joins Tuition Rewards
	posted: Feb 5th		source: tuitionrewards.com
	Located in a spectacular setting overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay and San Diego Harbor, the University of San Diego is the newest member of the Tuition Rewards private college & university enrollment consortium. Situated on a 180-acre campus known for its stunning 16th century Spanish Renaissance architecture, USD becomes the 61st affiliate of the National Catholic College Admission Association - and 6th California school - to participate in Tuition Rewards.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Tuition & Financial Aid News
29 Vote for this story	Florida Prepaid tuition plan: Still a good deal?
	posted: Feb 4th		source: allbusiness.com
	Florida's Prepaid plan once seemed like a no-brainer when it came to saving for college ...[at] Florida's public universities and community colleges. But now, while it still promises to cover the full cost...Prices are based on a formula that accounts for 15 percent tuition increases over much of the next decade.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	Campus Finances
29 Vote for this story	Trine University honored by area giving council
	posted: Feb 4th		source: trine.edu
	Trine University was among a number of northeast Indiana organizations honored as original financial contributors to the Planned Giving Council of Northeast Indiana (PGCNI) Leave a Legacy/Write a Will campaign launched 10 years ago.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

	SAGE Scholars News
38 Vote for this story	Susquehanna University Joins Tuition Rewards
	posted: Feb 3rd		source: tuitionrewards.com
	Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), one of the most-requested colleges in the nation by the families who participate in Tuition Rewards, has joined our private college & university enrollment consortium. The popular national liberal arts college is our 47th member in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	Vote Up!		Share This Story	Comments

Vote Up!

Voting For Stories

Each week, the most popular stories, as determined by voting and number of times read, are included in the weekly Market Cap & Gown e-mail newsletter.

If there's a story posted that you feel would be of interest to families, educators or financial professionals, be sure to vote for that story!

Next Page