This newsfeed comes from news items posted on www.AIE.org - Adventures in Education.
What does college cost? Be sure to consider the other factors like housing, books, transportation, tech devices, and insurance.
Where to go if you want to build robots, study bugs, experience weightlessness, or create a better videogame.
Members of this fall's entering college class of 2014 have emerged as a post-email generation for whom the digital world is routine and technology is just too slow.
These workers majored in some of the lowest paying fields. But they still love what they do.
While mid-career salaries fell 1.5% overall between 2009 and 2010, engineers, scientists and mathematicians continued to rake in the big bucks, as well as students who graduated from Ivy League schools.
Before they are even used to open a bank account, Social Security numbers of kids are the target of thieves.
Now that families have sent in their college acceptance letters, reality is setting in: How in the world are they going to pay the bills?
Millennials, the most educated generation in America's history, are starting to question the value of a college education.
While a summer abroad can be a great way for college-age kids to learn crucial lessons about self-reliance, responsibility and foreign cultures, let's face it: Often those lessons cost a lot more than you'd want them to.
On July 1, several changes became effective regarding the calculation of IBR. Married borrowers who file joint taxes may now have a lower payment and IBR can be based on current loan balance if it's higher than the original borrowed amount. AIE's IBR calculator has been updated to reflect the changes.
A recent study found that social networkers ages 18 to 29 were the most likely to change the privacy settings on their profiles to limit what they share with others online.
Salman Khan has created over 1400 videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.
Some of the new personal money management developments most likely to affect the class of 2010.
A retiring high school counselor looks back over years of change and shares some of her best advice for students.
The Meadville liberal arts college said that it signed an agreement to buy enough wind energy credits to supply 100 percent of its electricity needs during the next three years.
Students Scramble for Zany Scholarships; Duct Tape Prom Dress Scores $3,000 Prize
Seton Hill University will supply a new Apple iPad and a 13" MacBook laptop to every full-time student arriving at its Greensburg, Pennsylvania, campus in fall 2010.
Applicants to Tufts University are given to the option of posting a one-minute video about themselves to YouTube to enhance their application and show their new-media savvy.
College acceptance letters are on their way to mailboxes across the United States, but instead of the traditional snail mail correspondence, you may be receiving an email, a link to an Internet video or maybe even a fancy certificate that you can frame and put up on your wall.
Are student loans better for your credit rating/report than credit cards? Read what an expert has to say.
With scholarships as strange as these, you may be eligible for more free college funding than you think!
5 Moves to make ahead of the new regulations. How will the changes affect you?
According to research conducted by Microsoft, one in four HR employees has rejected a candidate's application on the basis of their social networking profile.
The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy and the U.S. Treasury want you to show your finance knowledge! All U.S. high-school aged students (ages 13-19) are encouraged to take part in the Challenge. Teachers, schools, school districts, home-school parents, and youth groups can register to participate. This is a free program. Sign up ends March 1, 2010 and the Challenge takes place March 15 - April 2, 2010.
The schools in Kiplinger's top 100 best values in public colleges and universities continue to deliver strong academics at reasonable prices, in many cases by offering the same or more financial aid as in previous years.
College bound high school students accepted early in December began to network on Facebook within hours -- making friends, debating dorms, and discussing campus plans.
Create a photo collage of campus life and you may end up with a new computer courtesy of Microsoft.
Even before they arrive on campus, students - and their parents - are increasingly focused on what comes after college. What's the return on investment, especially as the cost of that investment keeps rising? How will that major translate into a job?
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