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Endowments Up 12%
College endowment funds saw healthy double-digit investment returns in 2013.
Killing Off a Success
Why is the University of Virginia backing away from a student aid policy that succeeded in attracting more low-income students? And why is UNC standing by a similar policy?
Keeping the Faith
Yeshiva's finances look bad, but some faculty members there do not despair.
Ratings Alternative
Association of public universities says Obama ratings system could create "perverse incentives," but supports linking receipt of aid to performance on key metrics.
Major Costs
Ohio Northern University requires students to consider the financial costs before changing field of study.
State Higher Ed Budgets Rebound
Nationally, states are continuing to restore aid to higher ed, but funding is still lower than it was before the recession.
The Feel-Good Summit
White House meeting focuses on what colleges have done and can do to help low-income students, with lots of praise and little mention of rising prices and ratings.
Accord on Appropriations
Congressional negotiators reach agreement to boost spending on NIH and student aid, though deal does not restore all of the sequester cuts.