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Letter to Business Week

April 23, 2003

To suggest that private colleges are in crisis is an exercise in journalistic hyperbole (“Colleges in Crisis,” April 28). Presidents and chief business officers at virtually every private college and university can tell a compelling story of the financial challenges they face in today’s declining economy, with the coming wave of low-income and minority students, and how their institutions have worked effectively to lower costs and improve operating efficiencies.

Letter to the New York Times

May 7, 2002

The Times needs to drop out of the coverage of trends in private higher education ("More Small Colleges Dropping Out," May 7), if it can’t provide forthright and fair reporting. The Times failed to include fundamental data and compelling examples of the institutional vitality of the nation’s 1,600 private colleges and universities (about which we gave reporter Yilu Zhao information several times during her reporting). Your story focused only on a few fallen trees, and missed entirely the growing forest of independent higher education.

Letter to the New York Times

March 28, 2002

It is fundamental to America’s economic and national security that all qualified students, regardless of their family background, have the opportunity to earn a college degree (“Pricing the Poor Out of College,” March 27).

Letter to Barron's

March 7, 2002

Most college presidents would love to live in the economic fairytale land envisioned by Jonathan Laing ("Old College Pry," March 4). In his world, private colleges could just check the Consumer Price Index or the annual increase in family incomes. Then they could set their tuition accordingly, without concern for the real-world costs they incur. Our colleagues at public universities would be equally happy to live in a world where their tuitions could be kept low, even when state governments slash funds for operating budgets. Unfortunately, college presidents have to operate in the real world, balancing tuition increases against increased operating costs, while remaining sensitive to the challenges families face in sending their children to college.

Letter to the New York Times

February 22, 2002

As I mentioned in my interview with Yilu Zhao, while economic downturns often lead to an uptick in the rate of tuition increase at colleges and universities ("As College Endowments Dwindle, Big Tuition Increases Fill the Void," Feb. 2), the vast majority of students at private institutions will not see their out-of-pocket costs rise nearly as quickly.

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