Get Ready for July Madness

There are no brackets to guide you through it, but July is the prime month for presidential transitions at private colleges. To keep up on who's going where, visit our Comings and Goings page, with up-to-the-minute news of the many appointments now being made.

Tuition Cuts

Since 1996, 24 private colleges and universities have cut their tuition.

2008-09

Warner Pacific College
Portland, OR
Cut tuition 23 percent

Blackburn College
Carlinville, IL
Cut tuition 15 percent

2007-08

Hodges University
Ft. Myers/Naples, FL
Cut tuition 20 percent

2006-07

Alliant International University
San Diego, CA
Cut tuition 26 percent

Amridge University
Montgomery, AL
Cut tuition 42 percent

2005-06

North Park University
Chicago, IL
Cut tuition 32 percent

Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Cut tuition 12 percent

2004-05

Eureka College
Eureka, IL
Cut tuition 30 percent

Lourdes College
Sylvania, OH
Cut tuition 41 percent

Salem International University
Salem, WV
Cut tuition 35 percent

2003-04

College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID
Cut tuition 30 percent

Waldorf College
Forest City, IA
Cut tuition 15 percent

Westminster College
Fulton, MO
Cut tuition 20 percent

2002-03

Bethany College
Bethany, WV
Cut tuition 42 percent

Heidelberg College
Tiffin, OH
Cut tuition 32 percent

2001-02

None

2000-01

None

1999-2000

Marlboro College
Marlboro, VT
Cut tuition by 8 percent

Wells College
Aurora, NY
Cut tuition by 30 percent1998-99

Bluefield College
Bluefield, VA
Cut tuition 24 percent

Pine Manor College
Chestnut Hill, PA
Cut tuition 34 percent

Queens University
Charlotte, NC
Cut tuition 28 percent

Sheldon Jackson College
Sitka, AK
Cut tuition 24 percent

Thiel College
Greenville, PA
Cut tuition 27 percent 1997-98

None

1996-97

Muskingum College
New Concord, OH
Cut tuition 29 percent

North Carolina Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount, NC
Cut tuition 23 percent