by Yvette Lessard
Today's college experience is radically different from that of previous years, according to recent data.
Enrollment is at an all-time high, while at the same time students must spend more years at college to attain the same degrees. Students are also facing budget cuts, reduced financial aid spending, unemployment, and higher tuition.
by ProPublica
The University of Phoenix has 190 campuses operating in 39 states [1], the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The school says it has 420,000 students and tens of thousands of employees at its schools of nursing, business and education, among others.
But it does not have a law school. Maybe it should.
Last week, a group of Harvard alums expressed outrage that even though the endowment value has gone down, the endowment's six top managers received $26.8 million in pay. How is that different from polite embezzlement at AIG and Bear Stearns?
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