College Costs Rising Rapidly
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Tuition and fees at public and private colleges and universities rose at more than double the rate of inflation, the College Board said in reports released this morning.
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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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School districts are following the lead of the rapid escalation of commercialism at college and professional arenas and stadiums.
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Bold, innovative solutions are key to addressing the rapidly rising costs of higher education and the steady reduction in government-subsidized help to finance such education.
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By MICHAEL HIMOWITZ  With their newly minted high school graduates headed off to college this fall, millions of parents face two agonizing prospects. One is coming up with the first tuition check. The other is buying their freshman a computer.
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Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States are rising five times faster than workers&#39; earnings, a survey released Thursday shows.
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New facilities and competition for top professors have costs soaring vastly higher than inflation.
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WASHINGTON -- Indiana workers and those in 34 other states saw health insurance premiums rise nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years, a study based on federal data shows.
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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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When it comes to paying for college, cash-strapped families have had a few good tidings of late. A string of elite, private colleges have announced major boosts in financial aid.
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The number of people starting UK degrees has increased by 8.6%, official figures show.
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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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Nearly 3,000 colleges now offer classes in entrepreneurship, up tenfold in the last 20 years.
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The rise in grocery costs is up more in the first six months of 2007 than in all of 2006.
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Parents worried about secondary school places are paying for extra tuition, says report.
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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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The government says it is raising financial help available to part-time higher education students.