When students take federal loans to pay for college, the government declares them to be in default if a student doesn’t make a payment for 9 months. According to the … Continue reading “Did You Know? The North Carolina Colleges with High Student Default Rates”
A college endowment is a fund where an institution keeps its financial assets and donations and can invest that money for the college’s long-term stability. In North Carolina, the largest … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Biggest NC Endowments Keep Growing”
When students are late making a monthly payment on their federal student loans, the loan becomes delinquent. And if they don’t make any payments for 270 days, most types of … Continue reading “Did You Know? Student Loan Defaults Are Most Common in West Virginia, New Mexico”
College admissions standards are meant to determine whether a student is academically prepared to succeed at college. Colleges also have Minimum Admissions Requirements (MARs) and Minimum Course Requirements (MCRs), which … Continue reading “Did You Know? Student-Athletes Can Be Admitted to UNC Schools Despite Low Academic Success”
College students have taken on so much debt that many political leaders are declaring a “student debt crisis.” Certainly, many former students are facing a crisis as they struggle to … Continue reading “Did You Know? Repaying Student Loans Isn’t Onerous for Most Graduates”
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the percentage of in-state freshmen at UNC-Chapel Hill. The correct figure is 82 percent. For a lot of students in … Continue reading “Did You Know? Most UNC System Grads Stay in North Carolina”
Distance education has expanded greatly thanks to the internet, making higher education accessible to non-traditional students. Distance-learners simply turn on their computers and join their online class to access lectures, … Continue reading “Did You Know? North Carolina’s Robust Online Education Options”
Collectively, the endowments of 15 Massachusetts colleges in 2017 were $70 billion, greater than the GDP of Lithuania. And Massachusetts isn’t alone—the endowments of 15 California colleges totaled $55 billion, … Continue reading “Did You Know? The Mega-wealth Tucked Away in Endowments”
Public universities in North Carolina can’t fund their athletic budgets from only ticket and merchandise sales; they must use subsidies to foot the rest of the bill. Sometimes the extra … Continue reading “Did You Know? For UNC System Sports, Students Must Foot the Bill”