NAICU - Higher-Education Misperceptions, Myths, and the Media

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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Chronicle of Higher Education - Analysis

July 15, 2010

Last week, the New York Times told the story of Scott Nicholson, a 2008 graduate of Colgate University and stand-in for all those millennials who forked over big money for a college education and still find themselves unemployed. That story topped the Times's most-e-mailed list for a while and garnered over 1,400 comments - a good number railing against the pointlessness of a liberal-arts education. Such stories don't necessarily affect a particular college, but can make a lasting impression about college in general. They feed into a popular meme that colleges are either pointless, bloated, filled with entitled brats, or all of the above.

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