Colleges started getting expensive when society started pushing “college for everyone,” and student loans became easy to obtain. I don’t believe that everyone should go to college. Colleges would not be so expensive if fewer people borrowed outrageous amounts to attend college.
Read More
Some of my friends and family learned trades to achieve their financial freedom. In comparison, my brother and I used college to achieve our financial freedom. The choice was ours!
Read More
BEST WEDDING PRESENT! This weekend we are attending the wedding of my college best friend, Clifton’s son. The couple will have college loans as the bride is currently in Medical School. As parents, Clifton and I ponder the choice of paying for an expensive wedding versus INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE. And as two financially conservative men, we advise reducing the wedding size and cost and investing the money. AVERAGE ...
Read More
https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_4e72cfe6-33b5-11e9-b20b-f32cccc069cf.html Purdue University President Achieves Fiscal Responsibility The freeze continues — Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced Monday that the 2012 tuition freeze will continue for the eighth consecutive year. In addition to the freeze, all West Lafayette campus staff with an income of $75,000 or less that have been employed as of Dec. 31 will receive a $500 appreciation payment this spring. The tuition freeze means that six graduating classes have now gone ...
Read More
For the past ten years, inflation has averaged less than two percent with two exceptions: Health Care (~six percent) and College Tuition (~eight percent). An eight percent college inflation rate means the cost of college doubles every nine years. Think of it this way, if your 18-year-old daughter enters a State University in 2019, you/she will pay over $100,000. If nine years later your nine-year-old son decides to attend college, you/he will pay ...
Read More