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Survey: Students and parents stress cost and career prep when picking a college

University Business

Financing school is the top roadblock for applicants, parents In 2003, 52% of respondents chose “Won’t get into first-choice college” as their biggest worry while 8% chose “Level of debt to pay for the degree.” Twenty years later, the respondents flipped the survey on its heads.

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UChicago pays $13.5 million settlement to group accusing it engaged in price fixing

University Business

However, the lawsuit accuses 568 of violating the law by conspiring with each other to discover students’ finances, favoring wealthy students and turning away those who would need financial aid upon acceptance, reports Insider. This extended to their waitlist decisions as well. UChicago doesn’t admit any wrongdoing.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream. The Finance of Higher Education: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. The Culture of Professionalism: The Middle Class and the Development of Higher Education in America. Grady and Aper, Jeffrey. Princeton University Press. Bousquet, M.