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Full Tuition During COVID Is Wrong

Hayley Lawson March 7, 2021

Expecting college students to pay full tuition for online classes is just another way the coronavirus has taken away the college experience. With most universities and colleges operating remotely, the...

COVID-19 Impact on Tuition Costs

Story by Ellen Boland, Jackson Garrett, Hannah Hanford and Jordyn Capra SAN MARCOS–Palomar College officials have decided tuition costs and fees will remain the same despite students' inability to...

College Sugar Babies in for a sweet deal

Monica Navarrete October 22, 2018

Student Debt in the United States is at $1,580,294,357,419 and is increasing by the minute. Nearly 2 million students are are looking for an escape to get out the choking hands of student loan debt...

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What does your tuition actually pay for?

Daniel Azimioara April 2, 2018

Palomar college comes at cost for many, when combining the full tuition paid, it can be a bit pricey, but where does that money go to? How much of it is used on the teacher’s salary, how much of it...

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Palomar students will receive dual free tuition plans

Brooke Reotutar March 4, 2018

Incoming Palomar students are now met with a new, but perhaps welcomed, dilemma of navigating two options for free education. The California Promise, formally known as Assembly Bill 19 (AB-19), waives...

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iPhone is not worth your money

Taylor Mackay October 21, 2017

Why would you even bother buying Apple’s most expensive iPhone when it is worth more than your average tuition at Palomar. Apple is set to release their iPhone X on Oct. 27, 2017, which is priced...

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Payment plans offer different ways to pay tuition

Bethany Nash April 12, 2017

Palomar college implemented the Nelnet payment plan in spring of 2017 and 926 students participated in the program. The nelnet payment plan is a program that Palomar has set up allowing a student to...

Palomar lot 12 on first day of Fall 2015 semester. (Lou Roubitchek/The Telescope)

Palomar settles RB site lawsuit

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

Palomar College has settled a lawsuit that had stopped the campus’s southern site construction in Rancho Bernardo area. The settlement would require the college to implement design features that addresses...

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Tuition payment made easier

Bethany Nash October 30, 2016

Palomar College has launched a new service for students to make payments on their tuition fees at enrollment. As of today, the college will be using Nelnet, a student loan servicer, for students...

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Campus group helps undocumented students

Mike Peterson April 11, 2016

His parents brought him to the United States when he was just 4 years old. Oriol Herret, 19, was born in Costa Rica. Unable to get a job, he relies on his family and college programs to pay for his...

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Positive outlook for fiscal year ’13-’14

Heather Randall September 19, 2013

Palomar officials hope a voter-approved tax hike will help make ends meet for the 2013-14 fiscal year. Administrators warn of tight budgets, despite a surplus of $13.6 million in reserve; labor unions...

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