April 16, 2010 by Hayden Shumsky
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"The worst part is feeling that I'll have to settle for being less successful than my parents. Every generation is supposed to feel that they're going to do better. I don't want to be a burden on my family, but feeling that... Read More »Budget Cuts, Huge Tutition Increases at Public Universities
JNES5HNW74N9 At least 39 states have cut assistance to public colleges and universities, resulting in reductions in faculty and staff. In some states the budget crises created by the recession have created massive problems on campus. In California, tenured faculty have been asked to take wage cuts and are working up to 21 unpaid days this year. Further, budget cuts and tuition raises in the University of California system have faced huge resistance from faculty and students. For the first time in decades, UC campuses have seen student occupation of administrative buildings, student and faculty joint protests and marches, and on-campus rioting. The conflicts are less aggressive at other state universities, but are causing great... Read More »April 13, 2010 by Hayden Shumsky
Filed under College NewswireScary Stats on Jobs and Young Adults
PEW CENTER SURVEY SHOWS 20% OF 26-YEAR-OLDS LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS IN 2006, BEFORE RECESSION. CURRENT RATE ESTIMATED AT 35-50%. 10 PERCENT OF ADULTS YOUNGER THAN 35 MOVED IN WITH PARENTS IN LAST YEAR. BUREAU OF LABOR REPORTS THAT 19.4 % OF 25-YEAR-OLDS CURRENTLY... Read More »April 13, 2010 by Hayden Shumsky
Filed under College NewswireDramatically Lower Wages for Recession-Era Graduates
In recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and Atlantic Monthly, you may have seen reference to a disturbing study of the wages of college graduates by Yale Economist Lisa Kahn. In Kahn's study of the wages for college graduates who entered the labor market during recessions, she found drastically lower wages for recession-era college grads when compared to college grads who entered the job market during good times. In year one, those students who graduated during recessions earned 15-30 percent less than those who graduated during non-recessions. But most shockingly, those low wages lingered for 15 or more years. In fact, recession-era graduates' wages never caught up to the wages of good times grads over... Read More »April 13, 2010 by Hayden Shumsky
Filed under College NewswireWARNING!! DRASTICALLY LOW SIX-YEAR!!! GRADUATION RATES AT TEXAS COLLEGES
As exposed in a recent study funded by AEI and the Bill Gates Foundation, colleges in Texas and vicinity have done a very poor job of graduating students in a timely fashion, if at all. Below are the 6-year!! graduation rates (4 year rates are so low that colleges refuse to disclose) for Caucasian students at colleges that are popular for Texas students. AUSTIN COLLEGE 74% BAYLOR 74% UT-DALLAS 52% SMU 73% TEXAS TECH 57% TCU 70% TEXAS ST.-SAN MARCOS 54% UT-AUSTIN 77% SOUTHWESTERN 75% UT-SAN ANTONIO 28% TEXAS A&M 79% ALABAMA 64% LSU 59% COLORADO 68% ARIZONA 59% ST. EDWARDS 53% TRINITY TX 78% GEORGIA 76% If your family follows what everyone... Read More »April 13, 2010 by Hayden Shumsky
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