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Post-Annual Meeting Resources

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.


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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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Focus on graduation could be rough for small private colleges

Contra Costa Times


February 8, 2010


Graduation rates are likely to move to the forefront of national higher-education discussions this year, putting particular pressure on schools such as Holy Names University, where just 17 percent of the students who arrive as freshmen put on a cap and gown within six years. With President Barack Obama calling on colleges to dramatically increase the number of graduates over the next decade, Holy Names and other small private schools are entering an era of self-examination. For many, it is a matter of figuring out how to improve their dismal numbers without turning away the students who tend to contribute to those low rates.


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