Yale Announces Plan To Cut Tuition for Many
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Yale University is slashing the cost of tuition by as much as 50 percent, joining a list of elite schools seeking to make college more affordable for lower-, middle- and upper-middle-income families, officials said yesterday.
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Sallie Mae, the giant student loan company, yesterday said it would lay off about 3 percent of its workforce to cut costs in the face of shrinking federal subsidies and other financial pressures.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his difficulty finding a job after he graduated.
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By By Nick Wilson, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 24--Candidates in the race for two seats on the board of trustees in the Templeton school district say they expect to face declining enrollment and reductions in state funding.
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Many schools could lose millions of dollars in state subsidies as a result of the unexpected drop in enrollment.
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The government is redirecting university funding to prioritise first-time undergraduates.
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A plan for downsizing the hospital and nursing home industries could eliminate thousands of jobs, and change the way millions of people receive health care.
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US Senator Edward Kennedy has proposed cutting subsidies to college loan providers by $18.3 billion and using the savings to increase aid for low-income students, in legislation similar to a measure approved by a House panel.
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The big payoff in wages from a college education is losing its steam, calling into question the emphasis the White House has placed on a bachelor's degree.
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One budget-cutting proposal on the table
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WASHINGTON -- Congress is trying to end a practice that unintentionally has allowed banks to take in billions of dollars meant to help students pay for college.
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Proposed reimbursement rules for hospitals that treat uninsured patients would cut millions of dollars from annual payments to Massachusetts hospitals that provide care for the majority of low-income and uninsured residents, according to new state projections.
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House and Senate negotiators reached a deal Wednesday to boost aid to college students by cutting roughly $20 billion in government subsidies to banks that issue student loans.
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Thousands of pupils will get one-to-one tuition as the government announces a pilot scheme to track pupils.
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Princeton University on Monday became the second elite university to drop its early admissions program, following Harvard in a move the Ivy League schools say will benefit disadvantaged students and reduce anxiety.
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By Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Dec. 6--In an apparent rebuke of for-profit colleges, Oregon's largest  private employer says it will stop reimbursing employees for tuition at some  schools and will set annual caps on executive MBA programs.
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A shrinking pool of young adults, a dearth of international students and a tight job market are reducing demand for traditional, two-year master&#39;s of business administration programs across the country.