Going to college? What you need to know about FAFSA changes
Q. I have a high school senior and a junior, too, and both will go to college. I know the FAFSA is changing, but I don’t understand how. Can you explain? Continue reading…
View ArticleHow to keep student loans from breaking the bank
Q. Our youngest son just graduated from film school, and while he looks for full-time work, he’s doing some project work in the industry. He has federal student loans but also $94,000 in private loans...
View ArticleUS to fire monitor overseeing formerly for-profit colleges
The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk...
View ArticleNJ helps pay off student debt — as long as you have the right job
New Jersey programs can help save borrowers thousands of dollars on their student loans. Continue reading…
View ArticleFeds to test financial aid for unorthodox college programs
In an experiment backed by the federal government, Northeastern University and General Electric are offering a new manufacturing degree program to be taught primarily at the company's work sites....
View ArticleTuition bills: Is it better paying monthly or in lump sums?
Q. We have tuition for my son in a 529 plan. Is there an advantage to doing the college’s monthly payment plan or should we just make one large payment? Continue reading…
View ArticleChristie signs bill to forgive college loans if student dies
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation allowing certain New Jersey student loans to be forgiven if the borrower dies. Continue reading…
View ArticleTuition-free county college: Applications now open
Community college students have until Sept. 15 to apply for financial aid and – if their incomes are $65,000 or less – have a tuition-free school year. Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Jersey colleges should have special rate for virtual learning
Students going to school deserve fair payment for their education. Continue reading…
View ArticleA plan to make college more affordable by updating state funding
The state Senate has passed a bill that would establish a commission that would study how the state funds higher education and recommend a new approach. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ Community Colleges Surviving, Thanks to Enrollment Spike [AUDIO]
Community colleges across the country have cut programs and downsized services in the recent years, but in New Jersey, the situation has not been so tragic. The Garden State's community colleges have...
View ArticleIs Tuition Going Up At Rutgers University?
It will cost you more to attend Rutgers University next year. Continue reading…
View ArticleRutgers Students Enraged Over Tuition Boost [AUDIO]
The Rutgers Board of Governors has approved a 2.2 percent tuition, room and board hike for next year. Continue reading…
View ArticleIs a College Degree Worth the Cost?
Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it's the middle-class that's getting particularly squeezed with...
View ArticleEconomic Slump Forces Colleges To Cut Tuition, Offer Advanced Degrees
Still reeling from the effects of the economic downturn, a growing number of colleges are taking extreme measures to attract more students by slashing tuition or speeding up graduation rates. Continue...
View ArticlePrivate College Costs Up Again, But At Slower Rate
Tuition at private colleges and universities is up by 3.9 percent from last year. But while that rate is well above overall inflation, it's the smallest increase in at least four decades. Continue...
View ArticleSeton Hall Extends Tuition Help Program to Law School
Seton Hall University is expanding a program that allows qualifying students at the private school to save more than 50 percent on tuition. Continue reading…
View ArticleLike Weather, Brookdale Tuition Stays Frozen
Brookdale Community College’s Board of Trustees has approved an operating budget for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year that includes a freeze in tuition. Continue reading…
View ArticlePrinceton University Raising Tuition 3.9 Percent
The cost of attending Princeton University will be going up again in the fall. Continue reading…
View ArticleSaving Costs with Flat-Rate Tuition
Students looking ahead to college, and their parents, may not be aware of an easy way to save some cash. Continue reading…
View ArticleAssembly Panel to Consider Tuition For Illegal U.S. Residents
New Jersey lawmakers are set to consider a bill that would allow people who are in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities. Continue reading…
View ArticleTuition Bill For Those in NJ Illegally Approved
New Jersey lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow those in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities. Continue reading…
View ArticleUndocumented NJ Students May Soon Pay In-State College Tuition Rate [POLL/AUDIO]
A two-bill legislative package to allow New Jersey students planning to attend a state college or university to pay in-state tuition costs despite their immigration status or that of their parents as...
View ArticleImmigration, Student Loans Top Congressional Plans
Congress returned Monday to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers have the political will to...
View ArticleRutgers Hikes Tuition Again
The Rutgers University Board of Governors approved a 3.5 percent hike in tuition for the 2013-2014 academic year, despite passionate opposition from students and faculty. Continue reading…
View ArticleToo Few Use Loan Forgiveness, Says Consumer Bureau
The government's consumer advocate says more than 33 million workers qualify to have their student loans forgiven because they work at schools and hospitals, in military and police uniforms. But the...
View ArticleFDU Offers Ocean County College Students Tuition Discount [AUDIO]
Fairleigh Dickinson University is offering a huge tuition incentive for Ocean County College students who complete their Associates Degree and end up transferring there. Continue reading…
View ArticleNJ Senate OKs In-State Tuition Rate For Immigrants
The state Senate has passed a bill allowing New Jersey residents who were brought to the United States illegally as children to pay in-state tuition rates for college. Continue reading…
View ArticleChristie Wants Apology
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reached a compromise with the state Senate leader on a bill easing college tuition costs for students in the U.S. illegally, and said he's owed an apology by anyone who...
View ArticleIs Community College a better choice than a four year college?
Colleges and universities are becoming less and less affordable for many, and community colleges are becoming the better choice for potential students. Continue reading…
View ArticlePublic-private partnerships boost NJ colleges
New Jersey colleges and universities are increasingly making deals with private companies to get dorms, parking garages and solar instillations built on their campuses. Continue reading…
View ArticleWATCH: Michael Ricci speaks with Jim Gearhart
Recently, twenty-one-year-old Caitlyn Ricci sued her parents over the cost of her college tuition. A judge ordered her parents to pay the out of state tuition cost, even though they agreed they would...
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