MetaFilter posts tagged with money and education

pay to play

plexi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:19:02 -0800

Sadly, colleges are on track to become unaffordable for most Americans.

Hello, my name is I went to Harvard.

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:16 -0800

Pay to play. The children of big-donor Harvard alums are systematically given preference over legacy offspring of lesser means. Additionally David Karen, now a professor at Bryn Mawr, concluded that alumni children at Harvard lose most of their admissions advantage if they apply for financial aid.

Economic Consequences

homunculus — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:35:28 -0800

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush. "The next president will have to deal with yet another crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy. A Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, sees a generation-long struggle to recoup." [Via Firedoglake.]

MetaMoney

daksya — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:28:24 -0800

MoneyChimp - a "coherent, logical, useful and accessible financial education resource".

win ben stein's criticism

jaden — Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:46:31 -0800

Benjamin Stein, host of the show Win Ben Stein's Money fears that the United States is squelching what gives it an edge.

kitschbitch — Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:30:26 -0800

Banker withdraws a £100,000 pledge to his old college at Oxford University after his son was turned down for a place - a newsworthy event in the UK not because the man's son was refused, but because he presumed that his donations would have bought his son's entrance. An interesting comparison with family privilege and US private colleges, perhaps?

Hankins — Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:57:34 -0800

Start saving for your little MeFite babies! With the UPromise service, every time you make a purchase with a participating company, a percentage of the amount will be contributed to a college fund.
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