As of October 29, 2011 a federal mandate required all colleges and universities to post net price calculators on their websites.
What a good week for borrowers: First, President Obama announced new rules to help homeowners with underwater mortgages. And now, new changes that can help roughly 5.8 million people who have federal student loans.
By now you've passed your first exam, pulled a few all-nighters, and figured out where to go to hear free music. But freebies alone a college life does not make.
I've been writing about paying for school for 20 years, and the guy who knows more big-picture info about college costs than anyone else: Mark Kantrowitz.
Unemployment is still at 9%, and the papers are filled with stories about out-of-work young people. What's a brand-new college graduate to make of all this?
