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Here’s how one S.C. college says it made more money by cutting tuition 26 percent

While most colleges raise the cost of attending class, Benedict cut tuition 26 percent. Rather than try ... And university administrators say it’s working. The historically black college in Columbia ... read more

USC’s trustees call the shots at USC. Here’s what you need to know about them

Caslen at midday Friday, April 26 ... South Carolina (that’s 9.5 percent of total students) in 2017, there is only one African American on USC’s 21-member board of trustees. USC educates a higher ... read more

How Washington Could Make College Tuition Free (Without Spending a Penny More on Education)

So rather than bemoan college costs like most days, I thought we could have some fun mulling over a radical solution: What if Washington just went ahead and made tuition at state schools free (or ... read more

What Do Millennials Spend Money On? A Study Says They Spend More On Fitness Than College

Like, does everyone else responsibly puts money toward their 401k, while I'm over here shelling out cash for sheet masks and extra guac like I'm made of money? As it turns out, I'm not the only one .. ... read more

How to Survive the College Admissions Madness

HERE ... College. For the general admission period, she applied to more than half a dozen schools. Georgetown, Emory, the University of Virginia and Pomona College all turned her down, leaving her to ... read more

The Tuition is Too Damn High, Part VI — Why there’s no reason for big universities to rein in spending

It was an expense made ... tuition because they want the money. As Centre College's Robert Martin, the leading exponent of the Bowen explanation, explains, there are a number of features of the higher ... read more

SC has some of the highest student debt in the country, no matter how you count it

Tracy Kimball tkimball@heraldonline.com Does South Carolina have the highest amount of student debt in the country, as one ... say tuition increases are inevitable without more state support, Benedict ... read more

Save More, Earn More

Money ... college costs (tuition plus room and board) by the time Junior enrolls. The second third can usually be covered by current income; the last third can come from loans. While You’re At It: For ... read more

More students using community college to save money on a four-year college education

Today about 45 percent ... value for the money,” said Rick Hopper, president of Kennebec Valley Community College. “Coming here is a no-brainer.” Federal Pell Grants, which provide up to $5,730, more ... read more

Student Debt: How To Get A Higher Education, Learn Marketable Job Skills Without Going Into Debt

Additional years in college to complete a degree means even more debt. And there is a more significant problem. “Fifty percent ... money to pay tuition. Work summers, too. “If you want it bad enough, ... read more

Boston’s Colleges Are Going Broke—and We May All Have to Pay

“I didn’t think this school could possibly run out of money,” says Mitchell Boudreau, a freshman at the time who had done the whole college search process just one ... tuition they charge (nearly 57 ... read more

How to Escape the Community-College Trap

More important, as long as he stayed on track, the portion of his tuition ... 80 percent of entrants say they aspire to. Reality, however, typically confounds that tidy timeline. In urban community ... read more