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Improving College Access and Success

But I didn’t like the financial aid bait and switch: My daughter’s freshman year aid package was a lot more generous than that of her subsequent years.

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Using Crowdfunding for College Financing

Troutman decided to tap into her social media network on Twitter and Facebook, creating a page on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, where she could tell her more than 800 friends and followers about her goal and seek their contributions. By the end of the month, Troutman had raised $10,000.

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Measuring College Success Rates

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pushing for clear and comprehensive information to be made easily available to consumers, taxpayers and policymakers about such things as how many students graduate, whether they get jobs, and access to universities and colleges by ethnic and racial minorities.

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Is College Accreditation About to Be Disrupted?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the latest major player to recommend steps that could lead to a radical restructuring of higher education in America. The Chamber’s nonprofit affiliate issued a report arguing that employers should establish their own “talent supplier recognition and certification system”—essentially an alternative to the traditional college and university accreditation system.

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