College Creates Choice Between Food and Books

In 2014, Hunger For America estimated that more than two million of their clients were full-time college students. Roughly 30.5-percent of these students also added they sometimes have to choose between food and educational costs. When students live on campus at Manhattan College they have the luxury of an unlimited meal plan, and while MC implemented an optional commuter meal plan this semester, it is … Continue reading College Creates Choice Between Food and Books

Jack MelansonNovember 10, 2016November 7, 2016

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Student Debt Crisis: Millennials are Paying the Price

by ALYSSA VELAZQUEZ, Staff Writer Student debt is at an all time high throughout the nation, and Manhattan College students are paying the price. College tuition has been gradually increasing since the 1980s. It has risen to a point where college graduates are now struggling to be financially stable. Based on the Consumer Price Index, which “measures inflation as experienced by consumers in their day-to-day living … Continue reading Student Debt Crisis: Millennials are Paying the Price

The QuadrangleNovember 9, 2016November 7, 2016

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Rising Cost of Manhattan Education Mirrors National Trends

by ROSE BRENNAN, MEGAN DREHER & STEPHEN ZUBRYCKY Manhattan College’s tuition has been ascending at a brisk pace over the past decade. For the 2006-2007 school year, a full time Manhattan undergraduate would have shelled out $20,350 in tuition and $9,000 in room in and board for a total of $29,350 annually. That price–what The Quadrangle is dubbing “the sticker price”–has increased 77-percent over the past … Continue reading Rising Cost of Manhattan Education Mirrors National Trends