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Field, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Congress passed legislation last week that would shield students and other consumers from sudden spikes in interest rates and fees, but that could make it harder for young people to access credit to pay for college. The legislation would extend broad new consumer protections to all credit-card holders, offering special protections to college…
Descriptors: Interest Research, Marketing, Alumni Associations, Paying for College
Mercer, Joye – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Increasingly, colleges and universities are using procurement cards, which are credit cards with limited usage, for institutional faculty and staff to make small purchases without going through costly and inefficient purchasing channels. Some concerns include distribution of cards, increased liability, and monitoring of expenditures. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Credit (Finance), Credit Cards
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
Increasingly, colleges are offering affinity credit cards with attractive incentives as a marketing tool. Some in academe feel the trend may compromise educational objectives. Institutions may also face taxation on unrelated-business income generated through the cards. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, College Role, College Students, Competition
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Faculty unions are enticing new members and hoping to retain older ones with such extras as low-cost credit cards and insurance programs in addition to traditional collective bargaining functions. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Costs, Credit (Finance)
Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that advocates of state-sponsored college-savings plans seek to use the current credit crunch as a wake-up call for parents and policy makers to shift away from the growing use of loans by families to cover college costs. In the long run, savings are the best way for most families to avoid the burdensome costs of private…
Descriptors: Income, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Costs
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Discusses how more students are obtaining multiple credit cards and graduating with heavy consumer debt, and that Congressional legislation may make it more difficult for them to recover. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Credit Cards, Debt (Financial), Money Management
Howard, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Amy Richlin, a professor of classics at the University of California at Los Angeles, has just translated "Poenulus," a comedy likely written between 224 B.C. and 184 B.C. by the Roman playwright Plautus. To make the comedy comprehensible for modern audiences, Richlin came up with with a bolder and deliberately controversial approach: Seek out…
Descriptors: Comedy, Popular Culture, Translation, Audiences
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
User awareness is growing in importance when it comes to computer security. Not long ago, keeping college networks safe from cyberattackers mainly involved making sure computers around campus had the latest software patches. New computer worms or viruses would pop up, taking advantage of some digital hole in the Windows operating system or in…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Security, Educational Technology, Social Networks
Fogg, Piper – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Many college presidents get a load of freebies--big house, nice car, fancy meals, country-club membership. The perks help them perform official duties, like holding college functions at home and courting donors on the golf course. Since many of their living expenses are taken care of, they have cash to spare. The median compensation, including…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Research Universities, Credit (Finance), College Presidents
Holtschneider, Dennis H. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
The student-loan industry seems to have broken new ground, which raises a red flag after the recent investigation of the private-loan industry by Andrew M. Cuomo, New York State's attorney general. Last June "The Chronicle" reported that in Cuomo's testimony before Congress, he compared the industry to the Wild West, characterizing it as a bastion…
Descriptors: Investigations, Student Loan Programs, Industry, Marketing