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Nearly 57 percent of people think college is a good financial investment for young adults these days, down sharply from 81 percent four years ago, a new survey shows.

At dispute is how to provide funding that would prevent a jump in the interest rates for subsidized loans made by the federal government to undergraduate college students. The House of Representatives voted last week to keep the rate from doubling, but funded it by eliminating the Prevention and Public Health Fund that is part of President Obama’s health care law. (The House measure has little chance in the Senate controlled by Democrats.)

If you’re doing everything you can to save for your children’s college education, chances are it’s because you think that will give your kids the best start in life.

In a Long Beach meeting marked by violent disruptions, the California State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted narrowly to increase annual tuition by 9%, or $500, for next fall.

After New Hampshire resident Rebecca Boduch whittled down her list of potential colleges, two schools remained in the running: Northeastern University, a private school where, with the help of a promised scholarship, her tuition would be equivalent to the price of the University of Rhode Island, her second option. But when she found out the latter institution would knock her tuition down about $10,000 a year because she hailed from a state in the same region and wanted to major in biomedical engineering, her decision was easier, she says.

The U.S. Education Department has issued tougher rules regulating and financing for-profit colleges, whose students disproportionately default on college loans.

Big changes in the student loan program will help make college more affordable for students and their debt load more manageable ...

It is a grand vision: a global college with no tuition, accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.