NAICU - Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability

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

News Search of the Week

Here's what the media are saying about:

Commencement

. . . or visit either our short list of hot topics or our full search-by-topic list to browse news and commentary on any of 100+ higher ed topics.

Banner images provided by College of Notre Dame of Maryland.

Home

News Room

Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability

New York Times

January 27, 2012

President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that for the first time would tie colleges' eligibility for campus-based aid programs - Perkins loans, work-study jobs and supplemental grants for low-income students - to the institutions' success in improving affordability and value for students, administration officials said. "Let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down," he said. Even without specifics, that raised hackles in higher-education circles.

Related Material

Read the full article...