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Who's to Blame for Rising Tuition?
A new report suggests that while growing personnel and construction costs are a factor in the rising price of public higher education, a decline in state funding is the real culprit.
Income-Based Repayment Expansion Advances
Carrying out Obama directive to boost income-based repayment, Education Department panel endorses plan that will be available to all direct loan borrowers, regardless of when they incurred the debt.
Grants for Today's Student
A new report contends that state aid programs should better meet the needs of modern students in today's college landscape, which is vastly different from when most such programs were developed.
Money Talk
As colleges face financial pressure and trim budgets, faculty members are concerned about not just the proposed cuts, but how those changes are communicated.
New Programs: Fine Arts, Musicianship, Health Informatics, Environmental Studies, Education Studies, Meat Science, Finance
College of Staten Island of the City University of New York is starting a bachelor of fine arts. Illinois Wesleyan...
Gen Ed Discounting or Devaluing?
U of Akron cuts the price of certain general education classes by 86 percent, and boasts that they will be less expensive than those at community colleges. But two-year institutions disagree, and professors say effort is penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Turn Off the Spigot
As California’s drought grows more severe, colleges across the state are stepping up their water conservation efforts.
Debt Collector Suit Fails
Judge dismisses lawsuit stemming from U.S. Department of Education's firing of several debt collectors over allegations they misled struggling borrowers.