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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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Quebec Government Passes Law to Restrain Protests

Associated Press

May 19, 2012

Quebec's government passed an emergency law on Friday restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities, as the government sought to end three months of protests against tuition increases. Students reacted by calling the law an act of war.

Shouldering the Burden of College Debt

New York Times - Letter to the Editor

May 19, 2012

Despite the state of the job market, only 4.6 percent of borrowers at private nonprofit colleges are in default. To the extent that colleges are not adequately counseling students, institutional policies must be revised so that students are given the information they need to make an informed decision. Private colleges are working hard to keep students' out-of-pocket costs as low as possible. Inflation-adjusted net tuition at nonprofit colleges has actually dropped by 4.1 percent in the last five years. The average yearly increase in list price over the last three years is the lowest on record.

An honor? Yes. An easy gig? No.

Washington Post

May 19, 2012

An invitation to be seated on the commencement stage is one of the highest honors a university can bestow. Especially coveted is the opportunity to address the graduating class. But universities have learned to be strategic about whom they select because the choices are sometimes fraught with political risks.

Romney doesn’t get college connection

Times Daily, Florence, Ala. - Commentary

May 19, 2012

The money now owed from college loans has rekindled intertwining debates over the reasons for skyrocketing college costs and whether the diploma is worth its prodigious price tag. The first question, one I've asked many college presidents over the years, is worth serious study. However, the second question has already been answered many, many times: A college degree is worthwhile not only for its individual recipient but also for his or her community. The only real mystery is this: Why do so many politicians seem unaware of that?

Thousands set to lose their Pell Grant aid

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek Calif.

May 19, 2012

Among those who will lose Pell Grants in the summer are at least 65,000 new college students without high school diplomas and 63,000 who have spent more than six years in college. Changes in income requirements will reduce or eliminate grants for nearly 300,000 others. Time in school amounting to the equivalent of six full-time years is the new limit on how long a student may receive Pell Grants. The scholarships previously were available for nine years.

Number of the Week: Student Loan Bubble

Wall Street Journal

May 19, 2012

368%: The jump since 2007 in the measure of consumer credit held by the government comprised primarily of student loans. If a student loan bubble were to pop, the government, not private banks, would be the one standing around with gum in its hair.

Students describe college debt problems to Harkin

Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa

May 18, 2012

More than a dozen students and administrators from area colleges took part in the public discussion Friday afternoon at the Kahl Educational Center, the latest in a string of events that have been held in the state to highlight the impending increase. The most high-profile event was President Barack Obama's visit to the University of Iowa last month to call for a yearlong extension of the lower rates.

Analysis: U.S. cities wrestle with universities for cash

Reuters

May 18, 2012

In 1978, after New York City had barely escaped bankruptcy, Mayor Ed Koch went looking for cash from an unlikely source: the city's colleges and other nonprofits, which do not pay taxes on their valuable land.

What We Don't Know About Debt

Inside Higher Ed

May 18, 2012

Students should consider the average debt per student at graduation, the department wrote. But that box on the scorecard contains only a note -- "We don't have this information yet" -- that encourages students to seek it out themselves.

Friendly Call for Gauging Productivity

Inside Higher Ed

May 18, 2012

Arguing that higher education must do a better job defining and tracking productivity, but that the current models for doing so are inadequate, the National Research Council released a book-length study Thursday suggesting a new set of metrics that would allow for a sectorwide look at productivity.
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