Public Colleges

The 14 Highest Paid Public College Presidents

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.30.2012

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Public universities may be suffering disinvestment from state governments, but their presidents are still taking home hefty salaries. According to ...

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The 10 Cheapest Public Colleges

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.30.2012

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Everyone seems to be talking about the exorbitant cost of higher education lately. Over the past few years, states have made higher education a tar...

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Public Colleges Outsourcing Some Services As States Slash Budgets

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.02.2012

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Public colleges can't do it all, at least not when the economy is weak. More public colleges are farming out the non-educational aspects of their c...

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For the Have-Nots, the Rocky Road Through College

Jeff Selingo | Posted 05.22.2012

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Jeff Selingo

As some expensive private colleges compete to fill their seats and cash-strapped public colleges look for ways to handle more students, today's emerging providers will get a second look by college leaders and students seeking quality alternatives.

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Maryland Petitions For Voters' Decision On Measure Allowing Aliens In-State Tuition

Posted 09.22.2011

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Opponents of a Maryland bill that would allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition have collected enough signatures to force a referendum t...

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10 CHEAPEST Public Colleges For Out-Of-State Students

Posted 08.24.2011

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Want to go to a out-of-state public university, but don't want to lose your shirt in the process? Try either one of the Dakotas. US News and World...

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We Need Higher Ed Uncut

Christopher Newfield | Posted 07.11.2011

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Christopher Newfield

For the twenty years that I have been at the University of California, the system has steadily squeezed undergraduate instruction because it couldn't spend its resources on small scale forms of active learning.

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Public Colleges' Debt Outpaces Financial Resources

Posted 05.25.2011

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Public colleges' per-student debt has outgrown their per-student financial resources, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. The C...

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Virginia Governor Overrides AG's Order To Withdraw Universities' Protections For Gays

AP | LARRY O'DELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people, essentially overriding the state...

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Virginia AG, Ken Cuccinelli, Tells Public Colleges To End Protections For Gay Students, Staff

Washington Post | Rosalind S. Helderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has urged the state's public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimina...

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