Monthly Archives: February 2010

FOX 5 in Washington DC ran a segment about StraighterLine during their Money segment on Tuesday, 2/23 titled "College for less". Here is the video in case you missed it:

"Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety On Cost, Harsher Judgments On How Colleges Are Run," a recent survey conducted by Public Agenda, reports that more Americans are worried about soaring college costs. Yet that survey never touched on the other college-related costs that can really mount up fast.
I am referring to the costs of applying [...]

An article entitled "Will You Get Enough Financial Aid?" in U.S. News just reported some troubling news for students who are applying to college.
Here's a summary of what the article's author, Kim Clark, has to report:

Fewer students are getting financial assistance. "Fewer than 3 percent of all the colleges in the country promise that they [...]

Are colleges now charging more than the average American family is willing to pay?

"Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety On Cost, Harsher Judgments On How Colleges Are Run," a recent survey of 1,031 adults conducted by Public Agenda, shows that Americans still believe in the value of a college education. But at the [...]

Years ago, military personnel wasted a lot of idle time playing cards or reading magazines in the barracks. Now that has all changed. More men and women in uniform are using their time to pursue college degrees online.
According to "Online Degrees Offer Soldiers More Opportunities," a recent article by Natasha Bright in TRCB.com, more [...]