Daniel Luzer

What would happen if people could go to college knowing that they wouldn’t be financially responsible if they failed to complete school? Would that cause more people to go to college and succeed there? This idea, colloquially called “failure insurance,” comes from a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, that […]

In one of those unintuitive stories that come out of the recession, NPR points out that cheaper tuition at state universities may actually be detrimental to in-state students. This comes about because the universities can get a lot more money from out-of-state students. According to the story, Barmak Nassirian of the American Association of Collegiate […]

Last week College Guide reported that the Department of Education’s changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) were mostly cosmetic, because FAFSA still counts still counts parents’ assets against financial aid. And apparently fixing that would require actual legislation. A word on that legislation. In September, 2009 the House passed the Student […]

The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is easier to fill out. FAFSA is easier not only because the application itself is shorter, but also because students can take advantage of volunteers available to help with FAFSA. According to U.S. News & World Report: Volunteer financial aid experts will be stationed at more […]

The Miami Herald reports that that Florida International University, a public university in Miami, has signed a contract with Pepsi: Florida International University has reached an agreement with the Pepsi Bottling Group that will make its signature soft drink the university’s official beverage. As the university’s official beverage partner, Pepsi will also sponsor FIU’s athletic […]

With the recession more people than ever are looking to return to school. According to an article in the New York Times: The number of people taking the Law School Admissions Test, for example, rose 20 percent in October, compared with October 2008, reaching an all-time high of 60,746. And the number of Americans who […]

In other weird news from California, yesterday saw the grand opening of the new space housing Oaksterdam University, “America’s first cannabis college, founded… to provide students with the highest quality training for the cannabis industry.” According to an article on Sphere, the AOL news site: [Oakland City Council member] Rebecca Kaplan, praised the school for […]

In a piece in the Washington Post yesterday, the newspaper looked at the graduation rates of colleges with big football programs. According to the article: The University of Cincinnati Bearcats went undefeated in the regular season, and took the field at the Allstate Sugar Bowl ranked third overall in the Bowl Championship Series standings. But… […]

The editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance writes in the latest issue that: For years, Kiplinger’s has been advising families that one way to keep higher-education costs under control is to have their kids attend community college for a year or two and then switch to a four-year school. This year, they finally listened to us […]

Mark Greenbaum writes in the Los Angeles Times that there are too many law schools in America. According to the article: The problem can be traced to the American Bar Assn., which continues to allow unneeded new schools to open and refuses to properly regulate the schools, many of which release numbers that paint an […]