Best Value Colleges
Kathleen Kingsbury covers education for The Daily Beast. She also contributes to Time magazine, where she has covered business, health and education since 2005.
How are families supposed to afford college tuition during the Great Recession? The Daily Beast's Kathleen Kingsbury presents North America's best value institutions of higher learning.
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Five More Colleges Worth the Price
Kathleen Kingsbury covers education for The Daily Beast. She also contributes to Time magazine, where she has covered business, health and education since 2005.
The recession doesn't have to mean downgrading your higher-education ambitions. Here are an additional five great colleges that won't break your bank-and they're not even on the East Coast.
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