12.09.2008 10:00 pm

MINK Column: Stop lying to our kids about college

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

By R.J. Matson, Post-Dispatch

IT’S TIME WE STOPPED lying to our kids.

We tell them that they are our future. We encourage them to follow their dreams and work hard to achieve anything they want. We hammer into their heads that the key…

Tags: American Association of State Colleges and Universities, College Board, Consumers Union, costs, Education Week, Eric Mink, fees, Henry Paulson, Illinois, Joseph Mink, Missouri, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, private four-year universities, public four-year universities, Quality Counts, state governments, Student Lending Analytics, tuition, United States Students Association

12.08.2008 9:01 pm

Are skyrocketing college costs academic fraud?

By Editorial Board

Every two years, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education publishes “Measuring Up,” a state-by-state report card on the performance of public colleges and universities in several categories.

The 2008 edition, published last week, concludes that the cost of college…

Tags: Blanche Touhill, college costs, Commission on the Future of Higher Education, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, tuition costs

MINK Column: Stop lying to our kids about college

Are skyrocketing college costs academic fraud?

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