College tuition has been getting more expensive, and costs widely vary among the country’s colleges and universities. Using data from the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System program, we found the most expensive four-year, primarily baccalaureate and above degree-granting institution with at least 500 students enrolled in Fall 2016, based on reported tuition, board,…
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Why Exactly Has College Become so Insanely Expensive in the United States?
I am a retired university Dean. Here is one of the main reasons the cost of higher education has soared way beyond the increase in cost of living. Student scholarships are based on a formula. The government pays a certain percentage and the college and students pay the rest. Colleges, even though they may be…
Is a Philosophy Major Worth Getting?
Of course, I’m biased since a philosophy major at UC Berkeley, even though I didn’t know it at the time, was my path to product management. But here’s my rationale: Philosophy is a bridge between science and the humanities, analogous to how product management is a bridge between many multidisciplinary functions (engineering, marketing, business strategy)…
How To Get a Real Estate License in California (VIDEO)– Local Records Office
LOCAL RECORDS OFFICE – The main reason most people don’t succeed in real estate is because they don’t realize you have to have the personality for it. “It takes a special kind of person to become a successful real estate agent” says, Local Records Office. The first thing you have to realize in this industry,…
The Psychology of Moving Abroad to Study
I was in Paris the first time it happened: I woke up in bed and couldn’t move. Shit, I thought. Am I dead? Blinking out of existence would have been bad, but spending eternity staring at the lid of a coffin seemed much, much worse. Panicked, I tried to will my consciousness into leaving my…
