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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.elearners.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Are these REALLY the best  low-debt colleges?</title><link>http://community.elearners.com/blogs/penn_foster_college_blog/archive/2007/08/17/Are-these-REALLY-the-best--low_2D00_debt-colleges_3F00_.aspx</link><description>The U.S. News and World Report is out with its latest college rankings once again. Topping the list are the usual suspects: Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford and the California Institute of Technology. However, what I found most interesting was the list</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)</generator><item><title>re: Are these REALLY the best  low-debt colleges?</title><link>http://community.elearners.com/blogs/penn_foster_college_blog/archive/2007/08/17/Are-these-REALLY-the-best--low_2D00_debt-colleges_3F00_.aspx#4754</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:51:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a38ca78a-ab42-484e-baa9-96b732762621:4754</guid><dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Perhaps the students at these schools incur less debt because their families already have the means to pay for their education, or they earn more scholarship money.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bingo! A lot of these undergraduates do not have to incur debt for school because of their family's ability to pay for their education out-of-pocket.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So much information is not incorporated in college rankings. Overall, I don't find them to be a very useful resource.&lt;/p&gt;
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