Housing Bust Could Lead To Lower College Attendance

Friday, September 16, 2011 Housing Bust Could Lead To Lower College Attendance The housing bubble burst may puncture the dreams of many students hoping to attend college. As housing prices rose from the late 1990s through 2006, many parents used their new-found wealth to send their children to college, according to a recent study by Cornell University economist Michael Lovenheim. Now, with housing prices back at 2003 levels, parents may not have enough money to pay tuition, which could force young people from middle- and low-income families to skip the college experience altogether, the report finds. Bank To Start Charging Customers For Not Having Enough Money For Single Mothers, Joblessness Hits Particularly Hard Paul Krugman: Compassion No Longer Fashionable In America Southerners Less Likely To Visit The Dentist, Gallup Finds U.S. Expectations For Future Hit Lowest Level In Three Decades: Survey BLOG POSTS Rep. Steny Hoyer: Speeding Up the Patent Process At this moment, more than 700,000 patents are caught in the backlog. Could one of those 700,000 new ideas be the next iPhone, the next breakthrough drug, the key to the next great American industry? We'll have to wait a long time to find out. Jeff Reeves: 3 Years After Lehman Brothers Collapsed, and We Haven't Learned a Friggin' Thing Americans need loans to start businesses, go to college, buy homes, protect themselves in times of crisis and countless other things. The nation needs to relearn how to use debt as a tool to build and protect wealth, not destroy it. Sen. Bernie Sanders: Wall Street's Secret Oil Games It's time to lift the veil of secrecy in the oil futures market. The American people have a right to know how much excessive speculation has driven up oil prices and which Wall Street firms are doing it. Ellen Brown: California Legislature Passes Bill to Study State-owned Bank California, like North Dakota, is resource-rich. A state-owned bank will allow it to capitalize on its resources to full advantage, by providing the credit needed to realize its potential. Harlan Green: The 'New Normal' Does Not Have to Be Slower Growth! Republicans are, in a word, trying to convince us what is in effect a 'new normal' of ignorance, a wholesale ignorance of reality based facts -- whether economic or scientific.

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