I Love Bruce Sterling

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YouTube University gets failing grade from prof, students

Guess what?  Class online, it's not the same.

The NYT on The (Yes) Low Cost of Higher Ed

Read the story.

Florida higher ed's school of hard knocks

Diane Roberts holds two degrees from Florida State University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University. She is professor of literature and creative writing at FSU. She also wrote a nice article for the St. Petersburg Times about the politics of Higher Education in Florida. You'll be shocked at who gets to make choices about your future.   You can read it here.

Bill Spiers, director of Financial Aid at TTC Discusses Student Loan Woes

If you have a student loan give it a listen.

It's like "College Week" on MarketPlace

It's time to study the value of college

College education costs continue to soar at the same time studies show college graduates getting paid less. Commentator David Frum says Americans should re-examine the real value of a college degree in today's economy.

Textbook costs getting hard to cover

A growing chunk of college costs is the price of textbooks, on which the typical undergraduate spends $900 a year. So a group of college professors is calling for low-priced and free texts online. Congress is getting involved, too.

In digging these up I also found for you this story about consolidating student loans. It's from March, but still good.

Student Loans Are Getting Harder To Obtain

MarketPlace just did a great piece on the state of the student loan industry.  Here's the blurb: Bank of America and a unit of Citigroup have joined a growing list of lenders cutting back on student loan programs. At the same time, the House passed an emergency bill that would enable lenders to have more cash to keep making loans. John Dimsdale reports.

This morning, long before I was awake, MarketPlace did a piece on what congress is doing to stabilize and expand federally guaranteed student loans.

The Houston Chronicle has an excellent Q&A on what you need to know about the state of the student loan industry.