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  • May 22, 2013

    I have a confession to make.

    I am a deep-south girl, which among other things, means I did a lot of pageants growing up.

    Honestly, it’s nothing like you see on TV. “Toddlers & Tiaras” really gives the whole pageant system a bad...

  • May 20, 2013

    When the job market stinks, many college students take refuge in graduate school, figuring the time and money spent getting a master’s degree will boost their career prospects. But with the interest rate on student loans doubling to 6.8 percent...

  • May 20, 2013

    NEW YORK (MainStreet) — It's a frustrating truth that years after most divorcing parents have...

  • May 17, 2013

    My parents always encouraged/expected me to do well in school, and I realized the only way I was going to be able to get a good-paying job was to study. The only obstacle standing in my way was money. At a very young age, I realized my parents...

  • May 14, 2013

    It’s decision time for new college applicants, and the choice can be hard. Which school should your child accept, if there’s a choice, and will you live — financially — to tell the tale?

    Too many students pay too little attention to a...

  • May 14, 2013

    The number of U.S. students enrolled in full-degree programs at universities outside the United States grew 4 percent to about 46,000 last year, according to a report by the Institute of International Education's Project Atlas.

    Shaving...

  • May 14, 2013

    Looking for a low-cost college option? Consider learning German.

    Patrick Finger, a high school senior from Southern California, did just that. He applied to a dozen or so colleges this year, including several state schools. In the end, he...

  • May 10, 2013

    Low-income students are increasingly bypassed when colleges offer applicants financial aid, as schools compete for wealthier students who can afford rising tuition and fees, according to a public policy institute's analysis of U.S. Department of...

  • May 9, 2013

    The message that everyone should go to college does a disservice to the 60 percent of students who do not finish their degrees within six years, according to new research from Brookings Center on Children and Families, a non-partisan research...

  • May 6, 2013

    College kids thinking about taking an an unpaid internship or an entry-level job in an expensive city...