Surprising College Admissions Struggles Among Higher-Income Families
Spark Admissions, a college admissions consulting firm serving families across the globe, has released new survey findings that offer critical ... Read more
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The app that puts college within reach of Dreamers
According to the U.S. Department of Education, about 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school. But too many of them are thwarted from pursuing higher education…
3 ways colleges are using technology to help students borrow less
Last month, a group of six senators introduced a bill designed to help prevent unnecessary student loan debt by encouraging greater transparency. The “Know Before You Owe Act” would,…
Financial aid technology: More productivity, less drudgery
Changes to college students’ financial aid packages caused by the political saber rattling of Congress’s sequestration talks last spring were updated almost in real time, an impossibility in…
Forget financial aid, soon-to-be college students need financial ed
[At] a time when a $1 trillion student loan bill nationally continues to balloon and cripple so many, a new survey finds that the root of many students'…
Tuition.io helps manage all student loans in one place
After graduating from Columbia University in the height of the recession and acquiring $120,000 in debt, including 12 student loans from seven servicers, Brendon McQueen was left with…
Colleges see competition in streamlining data
Legions of filing cabinets have become casualties of higher education's war for students.
Deals with banks stack millions in fees on college students
It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay…
Unease grows about future of financing for Pell grants
With the lame-duck Congress winding down and a $5.7 billion gap in financing looming for next year’s Pell grants--and a further $8 billion gap for the following year--there…
Blackboard unveils system for disbursing student aid
Some college students will be able to use their allotted financial aid by swiping a debit card instead of waiting for paper checks to come to their dorm…