Cost of Education

If you’re taking online courses at StraighterLine, you already know that you’re saving money. But you might not realize how much. Here’s a quick review of the math . . .
If you take advantage of StraighterLine’s most popular pricing option, you can subscribe for $99 a month, then take as many courses as you want [...]

“What Public-College Presidents Make,” an article that The Chronicle of Higher Education just released, offers some eye-opening statistics like these . . .

Graham B. Spanier of Penn State (you remember, the guy who resigned in shame after the football scandals there) earned $2,906,761 in year 2011-2012, thanks to a final payout. That’s not a typo [...]

Are you the legal child of two unmarried parents living together? Maybe the child of two men or two women who are unmarried? And do you need financial help to attend college?
If so, you already know that that the FAFSA has been discriminating against you – or at least, failing to give you the opportunity [...]

By Beth Dumbaud
Today’s post is the seventh  in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Brown Bag Your Education
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you: Brown bag your education. 
If you are into saving money, you [...]

By Jeffrey Simons
Today’s post is the six in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Get an Entire Year of College for only $760
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you.  Get an entire year of [...]

Today’s post is the fifth in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Take AP Classes and Tests to Place out of College Courses
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you.  Take AP classes and tests [...]

Today’s post is the third in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Use CLEP Exams to Place out of Courses
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you.  Use CLEP exams to place out of courses.
What [...]

Today’s post is the third in a series of short tips on how to save money on college.
Today’s tip is . . .
Place Out of Courses and Move Up to the Next Level
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner? Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you. Place out of courses and [...]

As you put the finishing touches on your tax return, you’re probably wondering which of your educational expenditures are tax-deductible.  Can you deduct the cost of your new laptop, for example? And what about your textbooks?
We scoured the Internet looking for the best source of quick answers to those questions. The best we found was [...]

Today’s post is the first in a series of short tips on how to save money on college. Today’s tip is . . .
Take more courses during every semester you are in college
Do you want to save money on college and graduate sooner?
Here’s a powerfully simple strategy for you. Simply take one additional course during [...]

“Buying” a year of college is a lot like buying a car . . .

A car always costs more than sticker price. You get stuck with interest payments on a loan, with options that come out of nowhere, with an extended warrantee, and lots more.  A car you thought you could buy for $25,000 suddenly [...]

There are lots of curious facts about George Washington. Did you know, for example, that he had two birthdays? George was born on February 11, 1731. But that birthday was recording using the Julian calendar. When England and its colonies (that was us at the time) tossed out that calendar in 1752 and started using [...]

By Guest Blogger: Marcela De Vivo
Community colleges have always been a place where students could go to further their education and or career, without the high-tuition fees and strict entrance requirements of four-year universities and colleges.
Unfortunately, many community colleges are experiencing a crisis that doesn’t look like it’s going to get resolved any time soon.
While [...]

We’ve all heard the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Fair enough. Yet the fact remains that many students today are so eager to scrape together money to pay for college, they can easily fall prey to all kinds of scams and false scholarship offers.
Sometimes the offers are [...]

You’ve heard the old expression, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
There’s a lot of truth in that. When resourceful people face obstacles, they don’t stop or stall. They dig down, find new energy, and keep moving forward. That could explain why a growing number of students from California have chosen to take [...]