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So Much Is at Stake: The Future of UCLA

Gene D. Block | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Master Plan for Higher Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, College Tuition, California Budget Crisis, Ucla, Tuition Increase, University of California Board of Regents, Los Angeles News
Gene D. Block

The Southern California community seems not to see that if UCLA sinks into mediocrity, so do the quality of life and economic vitality of Los Angeles.

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California College Tuition Costs To Increase 32 PERCENT Due To State Budget Crisis, Students Protest Hike

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: College Tuition, Mark Yudof, University of California, Business News

BERKELEY, Calif. — The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts ha...

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Protesters Gather At UCLA To Oppose UC Fee Hike

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 11.20.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: College Tuition, Ucla, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus...

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The College Insider: Have We Hit The College Price Ceiling?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: College Tuition, Education, Community Colleges, Pew Research Center, Enrollment Increase, College Enrollment, The College Insider, Economy, Living News
Karen Stabiner

The biggest increase in enrollment is at two-year community colleges. Enrollment at four-year public and private colleges is pretty static. Cost may be starting, slowly, to trump prestige.

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak Out Countdown #4: Paying the Unpayable: Recession-Proof College Costs and Your Shrunken Wallet

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Scholarships, The Balanced Life, CSS Profile, Financial Aid, College Tuition, School Loans, Fafsa, Recession, The College Insider, Living News
Karen Stabiner

Welcome to the world of financial aid applications, in which nameless, faceless employees get to review information you probably have never told even your closest friends.

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Shahien Nasiripour

While Law School Tuition Skyrockets, Government Student Loan Limits Remain Stagnant

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: American Bar Association, College Tuition, Law School Tuition, Graduate School, Law School, Gao, Personal Finance, Government Accountability Office, Stafford Loans, Business News

While law school tuition has skyrocketed over the past 15 years, federal loan limits have remained stagnant, putting more pressure on students to take...

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The Most Expensive U.S. Colleges: SEE The 10 Biggest Tuition Bills

Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: College Loans and Debt, Liberal Arts Education, Public Universities, College Tuition, Most Expensive College, Priciest Colleges, Business News

This fall, as unemployment surged and the economy continued to hurt, students at both public and private colleges across the country saw a significant...

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Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.

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College Tuition Costs Rise AGAIN

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Trends in College Pricing, College Tuition, College Board, College Costs, College Degree, Business News

With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sha...

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #2: SAT Prep, The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: College Tuition, Sat Prep, Sudoku, College Admissions, Gender, The College Insider, The Balanced Life, Karen Stabiner, Living News
Karen Stabiner

Test-taking strategies: If there's a consensus on anything, it's that your child doesn't want to spend valuable time reading the instructions for the first time on the day of the test. Before you pay for sample tests in a room at a prep center, or proctored by a tutor, consider a few free sample tests at home.

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Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raising Children, College Tuition, Money, Personal Finance, Public Schools, Kids, Children, Poor Children Health Care, Poor, Health Insurance, Business News
Rohit Chopra

Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.

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Why College Tuition Rises Even In A Recession

New York Times | RON LIEBER | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: College Tuition, College Costs, College Costs Recession, Tuition Increase, Business News

If you have paid a college tuition bill recently, perhaps the sticker shock has abated and your children have been good enough to friend you on Facebo...

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The Lottery Question

Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.

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How High is Too High for the Cost of Higher Education?

Manisha Thakor | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: College Tuition, Debt, Graduate School, Personal Finance, Higher Education, Student Loans, Cost of Higher Education, Business News
Manisha Thakor

For years the subliminal messaging we received was that "no price tag is too high for a quality higher education." It may be time to ask if that graduation cap tassel is really worth the financial hassle.

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Colleges Considering 3-Year Degrees To Save Undergrads Time, Money

Washington Post | Valerie Strauss | Posted 06.23.2009 | Home

Read More: College Tuition, College Degrees, College, Home News

In an era when college students commonly take longer than four years to get a bachelor's degree, some U.S. schools are looking anew at an old idea: sl...

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Advancing Education: A Governor's Lesson

Michael F. Easley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: High School, Jobs for the Future, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, College Tuition, Education, Schools, North Carolina, Politics News
Michael F. Easley

We can't afford to see college as an option or a luxury for some; it has to be our goal for all.

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RED the Book: The Millennials and the Myth of College

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living

Read More: College Loans and Debt, Youth, California, Community College, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Jobs, College Tuition, Twenty Something, Millennial Generation, Mortgages, Homelessness, College, Work, Millennials, Generation Gap, Parents, Living News
Amy Goldwasser

Far from being the spoiled generation, twentysomethings are finding the simple things their parents were able to do (like moving out, like newly married couples being able to buy a home) impossible.

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Full Paying College Students Favored By Struggling Colleges

New York Times | KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, College Admissions, College Endowment, Economic Recession, College, Economy, College Tuition, College Endowments, Recession, Business News

In the bid for a fat envelope this year, it may help, more than usual, to have a fat wallet. Facing fallen endowments and needier students, many co...

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Partisans and Sinking Ships

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, College Tuition, Education, Obama, Health Care, Recession, State of the Union, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

We need public goods spending and we need it now. Without social glue, we risk more of what we have seen.

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Pay Caps Relevant Beyond Wall Street

Jim Jaffe | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Wall Street Bailout, Executive Pay, Government Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, College, Hospitals, Obama, College Tuition, Health Insurance, Business News
Jim Jaffe

A political question of the moment is whether taxpayers concerned about subsidizing bloated salaries on Wall Street will feel an equal discomfort about playing a similar role in medicine and higher education.

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Republicans Looking to Strip Health Care, Education provisions from recovery - Make the Call!

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Economic Recovery, Health Care, Economy, President Obama, College Loans and Debt, Economic Crisis, College Tuition, Cobra, Economic Stimulus Package, Conservatives, College, Stimulus Package, Health, Tax Cuts, Economic Stimulus, Higher Education, Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants, Republicans, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

Conservatives will be pushing for increased tax cuts for business and the rich, including tax cuts that benefit multi-national companies with large foreign holdings.

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Higher Education Will Struggle Through the Recession

Brian Farkas | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Professor Layoffs, America's Colleges, Budget Reductions, Non-Profit, Financial Aid, College Tuition, Williams, Harvard Endowment Losses, Harvard, Creative Writing, Wesleyan, Recession, Vassar, College, William and Mary College, Tufts University, Professors, Higher Education Economy, Adjunct Faculty, Education Institutions, College Administrators, Administrators, Financial Crisis, Arizona State, English Department, College Presidents, College Communities, Bowdoin, Politics News
Brian Farkas

Writing separate but nearly identical letters to their respective communities, countless college presidents across the county have recently admitted: "We're out of money."

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Tuition Rising At City Colleges

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Education, Harold Washington College, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago College Tuition, Chicago Tuition Rates, Chicago City College Tuition, College Tuition Hikes Chicago, College Tuition, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago News

City Colleges students can expect to pay 10 percent more on their tuition bills starting this summer. The increase is the first in two years, and tui...

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The Best Candidate for Students

Ben Redmond | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Debt, George Washington University, Tuition, College, $7 Billion Loan, College Tuition, College Debt, Personal Debt, Politics News
Ben Redmond

How can I consider contributing to any economic revival when I will be struggling to pay off my education for years to come?

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Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel for Obama Woo College Students [VIDEO]

George Spyros | Posted 11.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: College Tuition, Entertainment News, Justin Timberlake, Celebrities Talk Politics, College, Jessica Biel, Barack Obama, Funny or Die, Entertainment News
George Spyros

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel made a stop in Las Vegas recently to woo college students for Barack Obama. Produced by Michael Gonzalez of Nevada...

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