Tuition Hikes

Occupy Denver To March For Quebec's Student Strikers

Posted 05.31.2012

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On Friday, Occupy Denver will join forces with student protest groups Occupy Auraria, Occupy DU and Political Active Ztudents (PAZ) to march in suppor...

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Students Rally Around College Prez In Tuition Controversy

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.11.2012

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Students are rallying to make sure University of Texas President Bill Powers doesn't lose his job over a clash with Gov. Rick Perry and his appointees...

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How Much Are Students Paying For College Sports?

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.09.2012

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Amid cuts in state funding and tuition hikes, college athletics programs are under the gun to fund themselves with earned revenue or produce winning s...

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Rick Scott Cuts Funding, Vetoes Tuition Hike Bill

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.01.2012

After approving a $300 million cut to Florida's public universities in earlier April, thus cutting public higher education state funding for the fifth...

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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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Santa Monica College Trustees Hold Emergency Meeting

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.06.2012

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Students at Santa Monica College continue to protest on campus against tuition hikes in the three days following the pepper-spraying of demonstrators ...

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It's Now Cheaper To Go To School At Harvard Than In Cal State

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.06.2012

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Going to school at Harvard University is cheaper than attending a public university in California. According to the Bay Area News Group, a "family ...

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Students Occupy University To Stop Tuition Hike

Student Activism | Posted 03.03.2012

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Fourteen DePaul University students have staged a campus occupation against the university's tuition policy -- the first occupation at a US Catholic u...

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UC Davis Protesters File Lawsuit For Pepper Spraying

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.22.2012

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Seventeen University of California, Davis students and two alumni filed a lawsuit against school officials and police on Wednesday concerning a dramat...

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Higher Education and Higher Tuition

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.17.2012

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Tuition policies vary from institution to institution but it can be useful to examine how at least one state university has responded to the decreasing support from the state legislature and increasing tuition costs.

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UC Davis Pepper Spray Investigated By Group That Works For Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Faculty in the University of California system said this week that the group appointed to lead an investigation into the controversial p...

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WATCH: CUNY Protesters In Violent Clash With Police

Posted 11.22.2011

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CUNY students protesting tuitions hikes attempted to enter a board of trustees meeting at Baruch College Monday night, only to clash with baton-wieldi...

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You Say You Want A Revolution

Douglas Forbes | Posted 01.11.2012

The Beatles wrote "Revolution" in 1968. Yet, it remains the dialogue of our time. In fact, that dialogue has never been as apposite as it was in recent days as college students at U.C. Berkeley collided with campus police.

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College Tuition Hikes Fail To Stop Cutbacks On Campus

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.08.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- America's public colleges and universities have burned through nearly $10 billion in government stimulus money and are still fa...

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College Costs Drop for Higher-Earning Households

Wall Street Journal | Sara Murray | Posted 10.25.2011

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By Sara Murray, The Wall Street Journal Middle- and upper-class families opted for cheaper schools and more financial aid to send their children to...

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The Largest Tuition Increases In Public Colleges

The Huffington Post | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Posted 05.29.2011

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As states continue to slash higher education budgets, public colleges and universities struggle to find sources for funding -- and many end up hiking ...

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Students in Virginia Rally to Fight 25% Tuition Increases

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the University of Mary Washington, an unusually bright and articulate student got in touch with me via Twitter to ask for my help in drawing attention to the 25% tuition increase just announced there.

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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As state university systems flounder on financial ruin, faculty and students become the excess baggage thrown off the boat to save the ship.

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As Tuition Increases, So Does Financial Aid: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

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College may actually be comparatively cheaper now than before the recession, the Washington Post reports. According to a new survey by the National A...

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Tuition Rises At Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three of the country's prominent universities are hiking their prices. The University of Virginia's tuition is set for a double-digit rise, according...

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HuffPost College Meets WhiteHouse.Gov: 'Open For (Student) Questions'

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

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*UPDATED* Nearly 150,000 votes later, we have a winner: Amanda Litman, the editor of North By Northwestern! Amanda has traveled with us to Washingto...

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Students, Not Banks

Christie Garton | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past, we've taken a college degree for granted. Now, fiscal "responsibility" may ultimately force hundreds and thousands of students to put off college in the interim, or ultimately drop out altogether.

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At UTexas, Some Students SUPPORT Tuition Hikes

The Daily Texan | Posted 05.25.2011

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While tuition hikes at UT caused some students to take to the West Mall in protest, student reactions to increases at other UT System universities wer...

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Another Day at Columbia: Tuition Goes Up, But Life Goes On

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Sam Reisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's College Reporting Team It's March. For Columbia University students, this means a number of things. It means that sophomores ...

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Syracuse Students Contemplate Dropping Out As Tuition Rises

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Brian Amaral | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's College Reporting Team Kenna Fudge had always dreamed of going to college. But now that she's there, she sits up late at ni...

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