As Support Lags, Colleges Tack on Student Fees
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Administrators say public universities are charging fees because legislatures shy away from tuition increases.
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Endowments might be surging, but don't rely on colleges to give your kid a free ride.
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Credit card and mortgage companies promise customers an answer "while you wait" on loan applications. Now, more and more colleges are doing the same &#151; visiting high schools and letting applicants know their admissions fate right on the spot.
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Higher tuition fees will lead students away from partying and drive them to work harder, a study says.
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Officials say expanded financial aid at Harvard may push other colleges to shift aid away from low-income students.
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Several schools have sharply increased tuition to match colleges they consider their rivals, while also providing more financial assistance.
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iPods and cell phones top the gadget list for penny-pinching students, and few hit campus without a PC.
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Next fall, more than a million college students nationwide will see a reduction in Pell Grant money, including some who might see their aid reduced to zero.
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Harvard University announced yesterday a series of breaks for middle-income students, increasing financial aid enough to effectively slash costs by as much as 50 percent and eliminating required student loans.
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If this monthÂs online retail offerings are any indication, 2006Âs back-to-school shopping season was all about college students.
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The Bush administration yesterday proposed boosting the nation's main financial aid program for low-income college students by the largest amount in more than three decades, the latest in a flurry of measures this week by Congress and the White House to make higher education more affordable.
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England's colleges say they have been given far less money than they need to meet government targets.
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Poor graduation rates under tougher standards passed on Tuesday by the NCAA would have caused scholarship losses in a larger percentage of college programs.
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Leon Harris pays for his education at the University of Alabama on his own. He's drowning in student loans, he's between jobs and his dorm room just got more expensive.
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A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability.
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams&#39; success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms
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By Adam Smeltz, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep.