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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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Ivy League counts the cost as global markets deliver harsh lesson in investing

London Times, U.K.


February 9, 2010


They are the elite in more ways than one. Ivy League universities, fêted and idolised across the United States, have also been seen as being among the world's most successful investors, reaping rich rewards for their acumen. But not even the Ivy League has been immune from the global financial meltdown. Average annual returns of 15 per cent to 16 per cent on their investments in the two decades to 2008 were brought to an abrupt halt when the downturn wiped up to 30 per cent off their value.


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