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How to reduce the price of college
David Lazarus Aug 31, 2012
The cost of college continues to soar higher and higher. An education expert posits that costs can go down if the public sector pulls out of higher education.
Heading towards fiscal health
David Lazarus Aug 31, 2012
David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times answers caller questions on personal finance, along with CBS MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger.
It's refund time on college campuses
Eve Troeh Aug 16, 2012
The beginning of the new semester means that many students receiving financial aid can look forward to large "refund" checks from their grants or loans.
Why has college gotten so expensive?
Amy Scott Aug 13, 2012
More college students are living large with gourmet cafeterias and state-of-the-art gyms -- but that's not what's driving up college costs.
Affluent families take on more college debt
Amy Scott Aug 9, 2012
More upper-middle-class families are borrowing for college so their children can attend high-tuition prestige schools.
Upper middle class sees the biggest jump in student loan debt
Jeff Horwich Aug 9, 2012
The Wall Street Journal finds that upper-middle-income households with annual incomes between $94,000 and $200,000 are finding it more expensive to pay for college.
Report: For profit colleges not worth the cost
Amy Scott Jul 30, 2012
Senator Tom Harkin is out today with a scathing report on for-profit colleges. The report says taxpayers spend billions of dollars a year on those schools. But students often leave deep in debt.
Climbing walls and college costs
Amy Scott Jul 30, 2012
How much do all those campus luxuries push up tuition and fees?
Top-tier universities offer online classes for free
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson Jul 19, 2012
But these still won't compete with the brick-and-mortar institutions.
Students saddled with bigger share of college costs
Amy Scott Jul 16, 2012
A new survey reveals that families are increasingly eliminating certain colleges based on cost, and students are taking on more of the burden themselves as parents' share declines.
