Tuition Increases

Government Cuts Equal Higher Tuition

Dr. David Svaldi | Posted 05.20.2012

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For this generation, student loan debt dwarfs any other debt. The national average student loan debt is above $25,000 -- 47 percent higher than a decade ago -- with many students at elite institutions graduating with debt in six figures.

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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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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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Phony Budget Solutions Are Suffocating the Public University

Christopher Newfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Destructive cuts in health and education are being imposed in 46 of the 50 states, creating unnecessary misery and delaying economic recovery.

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The Lost Generation: 8 Reasons Why America's Youth Are Falling Behind

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the shadow of our faltering economy, America's students must cope with a host of issues: college affordability, mounting debt, unemployment. Attend...

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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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What If College Was Free? (COLUMN)

The Tech | Michael McGraw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Next year, MIT says, the all-inclusive cost of tuition, room, and board will top $50,000. What would happen if MIT made an executive decision that, by...

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Why Tuition Always Goes Up at American Universities

Bob Samuels | Posted 05.25.2011

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The reasons why the numbers never add up in higher education is that universities and colleges use a false and misleading method to determine the cost of undergraduate instruction, to the detriment of us all.

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University President Pay Rises: Study

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recession has reached the executive suites of the nation's public universities and colleges, putting a stop to a string of large annual pay increa...

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Private College Salaries Of More Than $1 Million Paid To 23 Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders...

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Saving the University

Robin Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Language, Mark Yudof, University of California, Tuition Increases, California Financial Crisis, Dianne Feinstein, College Tuition, Richard Blum, Los Angeles News

Recent budget cuts threaten a severe diminution of the status of the University of California, long considered the nation's -- perhaps the world's -- premier research university.

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