The Obama administration is setting new regulations on colleges that participate in federal student aid programs, according to an article in The Washington Post. This initiative will change how admission recruiters are paid, how course credits are defined and how college curriculums and training programs will operate. There will be 13 new regulations for colleges that accept federal student aid programs, decided on by policy makers October 27, 2010. The rules will go into effect in July 2011, giving the federa ...Read More About New Higher Education Regulations

Some students, overcoming the rising costs of college, have successfully created their own scholarships, recruiting donors through websites and other platforms, according to an article in The US News & World Report. These students are creating personal social networking pages through Myspace and Facebook, asking potential donors for financial support. Not many students have received significant donations through these methods. But, The US News and World Report published eight tips that can help you create your own scholarship ...Read More About Make Your Own Scholarship

Sure, college tuition is increasing rapidly. But how expensive are some colleges’ tuition rates? Here are the nation’s most expensive colleges, according to an article in The Washington Post, which cited a Campus Grotto finding. Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts college in Bronxville, NY, has no specific majors or areas of study. The college, instead, encourages broad reasoning and creativity, according to its Web site. It topped the list with its tuition of $56,420. New York University and Wesleyan University followed with tuitions of $53,589 and $53,406, respectively. No college w ...Read More About Most Expensive Colleges

President Barack Obama is now encouraging adults to go back to college and receive the degrees they never finished, in hopes of America regaining the lead of producing college graduates, according to an article in The Washington Post. There are an estimated 37 million adults 25-64 who went to college but never graduated. The Lumina Foundation is leading a four-year $14.8 million project throughout America to encourage adults to receive their degrees. The Lumina Foundation will partner with other organizations ...Read More About Increasing College Completion Rates

There are many adjectives people use to describe college: expensive, affordable, appropriate, valuable – to name a few. But, free is rarely one of them. Free is one of the many appropriate adjectives used to describe the University of Helsinki, located in Finland, according to an article in The US News & World Report. Another adjective is the 75th-best college in the world, well compound adjective. The University of Helsinki is tuition-free for American students, meaning students will still have to pay for books, re ...Read More About Tuition At Foreign Colleges