America’s colleges have more work to do when it comes to protecting students from so-called “junk fees,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Thursday (Oct. 13). A new CFPB report looks at the terms and fees connected to banking products marketed to students by...
JPMorgan Chase has acquired online college planning platform Frank, according to a CNBC report Tuesday (Sept. 21), adding tools to help more than 5 million students at 6,000 colleges and universities apply for and negotiate financial aid, enroll in online classes and find scholarships. JPMorgan...
Some college students are demanding lower tuition for the coming academic year because many schools are moving toward partial or complete online instruction instead of in-person classes due to the pandemic. Students at schools from coast to coast — from the University of Houston to...
The count of high school seniors seeking federal college aid dropped by almost 50 percent compared to levels in 2019 in the beginning weeks of the COVID-19 health crisis, which was driven by a sharp fall when it came to students at schools with more...
July 30, 2019
Over the past three decades, the cost of college tuition has increased significantly. According to the College Board, the cost of a four-year degree at a public higher education institution has more than tripled, while the cost of attending a private, nonprofit college or university has doubled within that timeframe. As the price of higher […]
January 15, 2019
Everyone has a vending machine experience go awry. The bill receptor that wouldn’t take the wrinkled dollar bill, the can of Coke that got stuck on the way down and...
December 20, 2022
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Sezzle wants to make it easier for college students. The company on Tuesday (Dec. 20) launched a partnership with the Independent College Bookstore Association (ICBA), a support group for college stores. “Today’s generation of college students is drowning in debt more than ever before in an endless cycle of […]
October 13, 2022
America’s colleges have more work to do when it comes to protecting students from so-called “junk fees,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Thursday (Oct. 13). A new CFPB...
September 21, 2021
JPMorgan Chase has acquired online college planning platform Frank, according to a CNBC report Tuesday (Sept. 21), adding tools to help more than 5 million students at 6,000 colleges and...
July 06, 2020
The count of high school seniors seeking federal college aid dropped by almost 50 percent compared to levels in 2019 in the beginning weeks of the COVID-19 health crisis, which...
