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Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Maryland Veto Its Own DREAM Act?
On November 6, Maryland’s ballot will ask voters whether they support a law passed last year that would give undocumented immigrants access to in-state college...
Who Says Kids Are Spoiled? Parents Expect Pre-Teens to Start Saving for College
At 12 years old, most of us didn’t hold down regular jobs, except for maybe the odd baby-sitting or lawn-mowing gig. But one-fourth of parents today expect their...
Child Care or College Tuition: Which Family Expense Is Rising Faster?
For many families, the costs of child care and college are obviously intertwined. Parents pay for the former so that they can work and save up enough—to help pay...
Own the Game of Thrones Iron Throne for $30,000
There are two kinds of people in this world. First, there are the people who possess an extremely vague understanding of what Game of Thrones is about and have...
What Will Daily Deals Sites Think of Next? Introducing the Branded Credit Card
The daily deal concept itself was once considered an “outside the box” business model, so it seems natural that daily deal sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial...
How Obama Plans to Stop Big College Tuition Hikes
One reason that rising college costs have been unrelenting for decades is the sheer amount of money that the federal government makes available through grants...
Get Schooled: Class Size, College Tuition and More Education News
Each week, TIME's Kayla Webley fills you in on the goings on in the education world, everything from K-12 to higher ed. Obama Releases Student Loan Debt Relief...
Why College Tuition Should Be Regulated
Tuition at Stanford University in 1980-81 was $6,285. Thirty years later, Stanford’s tuition had risen to $38,700. Tuition in 2011-12 is $40,050. If the cost of...
Where Soldiers Come From: It Takes a Village to Fight a War
From deployment to homecoming, a new doc shines a spotlight on the small towns fighting America's wars
Save for Retirement or Pay Tuition? Most Parents Are Making the Wrong Choice
By a wide margin, parents see saving for their kids’ college tuition as equally or more important than saving for their own retirement, according to a new study...
Perry Concedes Immigration Hawks Are Capable of Empathy
In an interview with conservative outlet Newsmax, Perry walked back his remark that critics of instate college tuition for illegal immigrants in Texas didn’t...
What’s Next for Daily Deals: Rewards Programs and (Perhaps?) Branded Credit Cards
The daily deal market led by Groupon and LivingSocial has undeniably gotten popular over the past few years. Some 23 million consumers bought daily deal vouchers...
Law School Grads Face Uncertain Prospects
The New York Times’ David Segal has a devastating piece on the economics of the law school business. Basically, law school programs are hugely profitable, and...
Putting College Tuition on Plastic
Credit cards. Retirement funds. Home equity. All should be last resorts for families seeking funds to pay for college. But amid the current credit ...
Arnold Gets Flunked
One of the best attack ads of the fall election season was filmed in a dorm room and ends with the allegation that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger eats...
Money: Uncle Sam's Slice
The new year has been rung in, and the old year is gone, but one memento of the past 12 months remains: your 2003 tax bill. Statements from your employer and...
Numbers: Jan. 20, 2003
800,000 Estimated number of jobless workers whose unemployment benefits will be extended for 13 weeks under legislation enacted by the new Republican-controlled...
For The Record Mar. 18, 2002
243 Number of bias incidents against Asian Pacific Americans in the three months after Sept. 11 143% Percentage increase in such incidents over average levels in...
Issues 2000: Who's Tops On Tuition?
Al Gore and George W. Bush have at least two things in common: kids in college and an urgent need to appeal to other baby boomers who face rising bills for...
Who's Tops on Tuition?
Al Gore and George W. Bush have at least two things in common: kids in college and an urgent need to appeal to other baby boomers who face rising bills for...
