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Choosing a College - College Collection Spotlight
Paying for College and Financial Aid - College Collection Spotlight
Paying for College and Financial Aid - College Collection Spotlight
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Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR
New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice pick
"Masterly . . .represents an extraordinary achievement: It is comprehensive and detailed without being tedious, practical without being banal, impeccably well judged and unusually rigorous."—Daniel Markovits, New York Times Book Review
"Ron Lieber
...2) Ivory tower
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Is college worth the cost? Groundbreaking filmmaker Andrew Rossi asks the critical question about the value of higher education, revealing how colleges have come to embrace a business model that often promotes expansion over quality learning. With student-loan debt now over the one trillion dollar mark, the once-great American institution is at a breaking point. The film explores the current education crisis from the halls of Harvard, to community...
3) Right college, right price: the new system for discovering the best college fit at the best price
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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In the midst of a $1 trillion student loan debt crisis, students and their families have had the same question on their minds:
Can I afford to pay for a college education?
Good news: the answer is yes. By shifting the way we think about the college search, every family can find the right college at the right price.
Right College, Right Price helps you discover the real cost of a college (after scholarships, work study, loans,
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Publisher
J. Ross Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Crushed is a timely and insightful work that sheds light on the state of American universities and their graduates. It takes readers on a fascinating and reflective journey into the current student debt crisis and how it has become a major burden to American society. Beyond just describing how we got into this huge mess, Crushed also offers actionable public-policy steps to help fix this ever-growing problem.This reader-friendly guide explores the...
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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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One of the most sustained and vigorous public debates today is about the value and, crucially, the price of college. But an unspoken, outdated assumption underlies all sides of this debate: if a young person works hard enough, they'll be able to get a college degree and be on the path to a good life. That's simply not true anymore, says Sara Goldrick-Rab. Quite simply, college is far too expensive for many people today, and the confusing mix of federal,...
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English
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Unlike existing college guidebooks, which contain easy-to-Google admissions statistics and anecdotal generalizations about campus life, Colleges Worth Your Money reveals where graduates work, salaries, grad school acceptances, internships and research opportunities, career services ratings, and data-rich, school-specific admissions strategies.
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Publisher
SuperCollege, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"A resource for collegebound students and their parents on college financial aid, scholarships, loans, and grants. Provides strategies for finding and winning scholarships, tax credits, asking for more financial aid, saving, student loan forgiveness, financial aid applications, state financial aid, military service, adult students, graduate students, and internships"--
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In 1982, a new executive at Sallie Mae took home the company's financial documents to review. "You've got to be shitting me," he later told the company's CEO. "This place is a gold mine." Over the next four decades, the student loan industry that Sallie Mae and Congress created blew up into a crisis that would submerge a generation of Americans in $1.5 trillion in student debt. In The Debt Trap, Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell tells the...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Applications and Getting into College - College Collection Spotlight
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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"In Game On, Susan F. Paterno--Director of the Chapman University journalism program and mother of four recent college grads--leads you through the admissions process to help you and your family make the best decision possible. Is the college admissions game really stacked against you? Is it getting tougher to get into top schools-into any school-or not? How will COVID-19 change all of these things? Susan F. Paterno, a lifelong academic who knows...
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For Dummies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover a concrete financial plan to finance a college education Financing a college education is a daunting task no matter what your circumstances. Bestselling author and personal finance expert, Eric Tyson offers tried and true strategic advice on how to understand loans, know your options, and how to improve your financial fitness while paying down your student loan debt. Armed with the checklists and timelines, you'll be able to: Figure out what...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Financing a college education is a daunting task. Best selling personal finance advisor and author Eric Tyson offers strategic guidance on saving and investing for college costs, financial aid, scholarships, the best student loans, college alternatives, and the latest online tools to evaluate schools. Perfect for parents and independant students alike, this book offers proven advice on affording quality college and other higher education. There is...
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Adult Students - College Collection Spotlight
Paying for College and Financial Aid - College Collection Spotlight
Scholarships - College Collection Spotlight
Paying for College and Financial Aid - College Collection Spotlight
Scholarships - College Collection Spotlight
Description
"A resource for collegebound students and their parents on college financial aid, scholarships, loans, and grants. Provides strategies for finding and winning scholarships, tax credits, asking for more financial aid, saving, student loan forgiveness, financial aid applications, state financial aid, military service, adult students, graduate students, and internships"--
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"529 & Education Savings Plans For Dummies is your easy-to-follow and up-to-date guide to 529s, Coverdell accounts, and other savings and investment vehicles. Understand the costs associated with education, both right now and in the future, and then find ways to pay for those costs"--
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Beating the College Debt Trap presents students with a better way to do college. The radically counter-cultural truth is that students don't have to be totally dependent on Mom, Dad, or Uncle Sam to get the most out of college. Graduation on a solid financial foundation is possible. But it will require intentionality, creativity, hard work, and a willingness to delay gratification.Chediak gets into the nitty-gritty of how to pay less for college,...
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