Mass. gets poor marks on college affordability
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A new national &quot;report card&quot; for public and private colleges gives Massachusetts top marks for the number of its students who go to college and for how well
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The poor could have a harder time moving up the income ladder as the higher education gap widens, a report said.
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Recent increases in Massachusetts' minimum wage that helped lift many workers over the poverty line are being rapidly eroded by inflation, which could eliminate the gains by 2010.
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The tax and fee burden borne by Massachusetts residents has dropped sharply since the 1990s, when compared with other states, according to an analysis released yesterday.
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Every parent knows that college costs are painfully high, and yet so many people fail to save anything, even an amount that will get their child through one semester. Instead, they wait until their child is ready to go to college, panic and then turn to loans.
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A federal study shows that per capita spending in the lowest-spending state, Utah, was only 59 percent of that in Massachusetts, the highest-spending state.
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Will putting your kid through college put you in the poorhouse?
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Educators and students say the University of Phoenixâs focus on the bottom line has eroded academic quality.
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Administrators say public universities are charging fees because legislatures shy away from tuition increases.
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Americaâs already stratified system of higher education is becoming ever more so, and the chasm is creating all sorts of tensions as the less wealthy colleges try to compete.
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Real estate, like politics, is local. In a year when the median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts fell nearly 6 percent -- the biggest drop in a decade -- what you paid depended on where you shopped.
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The pace of ever-rising college costs has slowed somewhat this year, and students are relying more on private loans rather than grants or other federal sources to finance their education, according to two new studies.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The University of Massachusetts stood on the brink of a meltdown early in the fourth quarter yesterday. The Minutemen had twice shown signs of pulling away in their Colonial Athletic Association game against William &amp; Mary but fumbled on two straight possessions to turn a 10-point lead into what was about to become a 4-point deficit in ...
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A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.
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AMHERST -- A lot of bits were being champed very hard. For the University of Massachusetts football team, this past offseason seemed to last for years. The Minutemen didn't need much reminding about how they lost the last two games of 2005, falling short of the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs after starting out with a 7-2 record and a No. ...
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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Another education and library board reveals it faces financial hardship because of a shortage of funding.