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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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The President as College Counselor

New York Times - The Choice Blog

January 26, 2011

In his State of the Union address, President Obama occasionally adopted the tone of national guidance counselor in advocating for high school and college students and their families. For example, he urged Congress "to make permanent" a college tuition tax credit that is currently worth up to $2,500 a year, or $10,000 for four years, per student. "It's the right thing to do," the president said, to applause from the House chamber.

Cut Waste or Invest? Try Both

New York Times - Column

January 26, 2011

Both the federal government and the states spend money on higher education in terribly wasteful ways. They don't offer incentives for success, and they demand little accountability from colleges. Colleges that do a masterful job of graduating students receive no reward, and those that do a subpar job - of which there are many - go unpunished, giving them little reason to improve.

'Tiger Mother' adds to stereotype, hurts chances for college

Sacramento Bee

January 26, 2011

High-achieving Asian Americans have been struggling against an "Asian tax" in college as well as graduate school admissions for over three decades. In the late '80s, the federal government investigated charges that Asian American college applicants faced a higher admissions bar than other groups. They concluded in 1990 that Harvard admitted Asian American applicants at a lower rate than white students despite the fact that Asian American applicants had slightly stronger test scores and grades.

Shielding Education and Research

Inside Higher Ed

January 26, 2011

"Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine." No statement in President Obama's State of the Union speech last night better summed up the protected status he envisions for the federal programs most important to colleges and universities, even as his administration vows to embrace a more austere approach to federal spending.

Obama Calls for Spending Freeze but Says He'll Spare Education

Chronicle of Higher Education

January 26, 2011

In a State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama proposed a five-year freeze in discretionary spending on nondefense programs and vowed to veto any bill containing earmarks. But the president said he would spare education and research from the freeze and spending cuts, calling them vital to the nation's long-term growth and competitiveness. College lobbyists, not surprisingly, applauded the president's remarks.

Focus on For-Profits (Yes, Again)

Inside Higher Ed

January 26, 2011

Just about every meeting related to higher education policy these days seems to revolve in meaningful if not large part around the issues raised by the fastest-growing, and most controversial, sector of colleges and universities. This week's meeting here of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation is the most recent and powerful example.

Rep. Foxx Calls for Streamlining Regulations and Cutting Spending

Chronicle of Higher Education

January 25, 2011

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said on Tuesday that one of her priorities for higher education in the new session of Congress would be to question the amount and scope of regulation that the U.S. Education Department applies to colleges, in particular the proposed "gainful employment" rule that could have a major impact on the nation's for-profit institutions. She also repeated earlier comments that the Pell Grant program, which provides college scholarships for low-income students, would not be exempt from Republican proposals to slash the federal budget.

Does College Make You Smarter?

New York Times - Room for Debate Blog

January 25, 2011

First there was the news that students in American universities study a lot less than they used to. Now we hear, in a recent book, Academically Adrift, that 45 percent of the nation's undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college. The authors' research has come in for some criticism. But a larger question is: Have colleges, in their efforts to keep graduation rates high and students happy, dumbed down their curriculums? If they have, who is to blame? What should parents and federal taxpayers do?

Bill seeks more financial data from private colleges

Boston Globe

January 25, 2011

Massachusetts private colleges and universities would have to file more in-depth financial reports and disclosures under a bill scheduled to be filed today by two state legislators. The legislation would require schools with investments or property valued at more than $10 million to list and disclose the value of those assets. They also would be required to calculate and report annually the benefits they receive from tax exemptions.

What Degrees Should Mean

Inside Higher Ed

January 25, 2011

To try to provide a shared understanding of what degrees mean -- but without, its designers insist, turning that into a government or other mandate -- the Lumina Foundation for Education is today releasing a draft of its Degree Qualifications Profile. The foundation assembled four longtime experts on assessment and student learning to "reduce to writing, without worrying about implementation, what would be the core competencies" for recipients of various degrees, and plans to enlist several groups to help it test and refine the degree profile,


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