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I want all of you to set a goal to continue your education after you graduate,” Mr. Obama said to students at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington. “And if that means college for you, just getting into college isn’t enough. You also have to graduate. “Our country used to have the world’s highest proportion of young people with a college degree,” the president said. “We now rank 16th. I don’t like being 16th; I like being No. 1.

President Obama Urges Nation’s Students to Keep Studying - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)

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tracybrisson: I think that a commenter here is probably right. It’s socially acceptable to say that you dropped out for cost, but a significant percentage of Millennials struggle with college work and can’t keep up. Search anything re: Academically Adrift.

tracybrisson:

I think that a commenter here is probably right. It’s socially acceptable to say that you dropped out for cost, but a significant percentage of Millennials struggle with college work and can’t keep up. Search anything re: Academically Adrift.

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Reblogged from Education Rebel @ Work

Rising Costs Force Students To Skimp On Textbooks

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Seven out of 10 undergraduates surveyed at 13 college campuses said they had not purchased one or more textbooks because the cost was too high, according to a new survey released Thursday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The Government Accountability Office has estimated that textbooks cost a quarter the average tuition for state universities and three-fourths the average tuition at community colleges.

The U.S. PIRG analysis also found the price of textbooks has risen 22 percent over the past four years— a much faster rate than overall inflation. The rising prices come as student debt has soared record levels — exceeding total credit card debt in 2010.

» via The Huffington Post

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Reblogged from College Money Insider