Data vs. emotion: Student loan forgiveness is a bad, bad idea
Will a bunch of numbers (often misunderstood) really change someone’s entrenched beliefs? Er, no. Continue Reading
Student Loans
Guest Post: Managing student loan debt
How can you pipe down your student debt? I let some of my peeps in the content ecosystem tackle it. Continue Reading
Student loans will mentally devastate you
I just paid Installment No. 1 of my graduate school student loans two days ago. I hit “Submit” on that online form, basically muttered to myself “Here we go…,” realized it was probably another 30 years until I’d be totally… Continue Reading
Marco Rubio seems to be gunning for the young people in 2016 with this student loan debt bill, right?
We all know Marco Rubio is a potential 2016 Presidential contender on the Republican side, with the whole “water gaffe” thing put aside. The GOP field is odd / interesting / weak — which maybe describes the entire party right… Continue Reading
Clayton Christensen vs. Michael Porter on MOOCs
College is expensive, and it’s not likely getting any less expensive, and perhaps the whole tipping point can be solved by MOOCs. Now the discussion seems to be shifting over to the MBA world — those degrees are expensive, but they… Continue Reading
This one paragraph essentially summarizes one of America’s biggest challenges today
More than a third of American colleges and universities have deteriorating finances, according to a 2012 report. While more Americans find that a college degree is their only ticket to the middle class, fewer institutions are able to provide it at… Continue Reading