NAICU - Express Lane to a B.A.

Even though the 2012 NAICU Annual Meeting is history, you can continue to benefit and learn from the many presentations and speeches that were offered, and are now available on line.

New College Affordability Measures

Initiatives being launched in 2012-13 to help keep students' and families' out-of-pocket costs as low as possible. Tuition cuts and freezes, three-year degree programs, and more. Complete list.

NAICU Statement on President Obama's Higher Ed Proposals

NAICU President David Warren commends the president's commitment to student assistance, and calls for avoiding unintended consequences for students. More

Net Tuition Price Falls 4.1% at Private Colleges

Inflation-adjusted net tuition and fees at private colleges actually dropped 4.1 percent in the last five years, according to a recent College Board report. More

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Inside Higher Ed

March 11, 2010

What was a year ago an emerging idea about how to reduce college costs and better serve students has begun to take hold at colleges across the U.S., as more institutions introduce three-year bachelor's degrees. Concerns about ever-rising college costs, compounded by the prolonged recession, and the Bologna Process's success in standardizing three-year, competency-based bachelor's degrees throughout Europe have helped to amplify the drumbeat that has played in the background for decades.

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