Wednesday, February 20, 2013

New Federal Website: College Scorecard


Check out the new Federal Website College Scorecard! The website is intended to help students make more informed decisions on which college they would like or plan to attend.

The College Scorecard is one of six components to the newly launched Federal Website: Collegecost (Collegecost.edu.gov)

Using the College Scorecard tool:

1. Enter the name of your school.

2. Select from the pop -up drop down list.

3. View information provided




Quickly giving the College Scorecard a test run, I concluded the following:

1. The College Scorecard tool is fairly easy to use.
2. It provides basic information regarding each selected school such as costs, graduation rate, median borrowing, undergraduate enrollment and more.
3. Can search colleges by other criteria besides entering the college name such as Digital Marketing for the Degree & Major. Note: University of Michigan - Dearborn is on of few universities in the United States that offer the Digital Marketing degree.

4. Beneficial to students researching colleges to attend.
5. Greatly beneficial to students who want snapshots of multiple colleges without going to numerous different websites. One stop shop so to speak!


~ ExpenseofLearning Rep: Exposing others to the rising cost of a college education.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Jerrice Donelson selected for Teach for America program


Jerrice is a very inspiring individual who attends the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Her goals and diligence in working with high schools will definitely prepare them for college. They will be able to get scholarships and learn what could be done to cut tuition costs. Read more of her accomplishments and goals here.

~ ExpenseofLearning Rep: Exposing others to the rising cost of a college education.

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