State gets high marks for college, but not costs
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A report card on the state of higher education nationwide gave Illinois generally high marks but warned that the affordability of college here had slipped.
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The price of college again rose faster than the inflation rate this year, climbing 6.6 percent at four-year public schools and outstripping increases in the financial aid that lowers what most students actually pay.
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Critics of college rankings say universities aren't like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ.
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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SOME COLLEGE students know how to run for their lives. Take cross-country athletes. They do not get the ink. They do not get the television time. They do not have governors, alumni, and 70,000 fans fawning all over them, telling them how critical they are to the mental health of an entire state.
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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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New England's top-ranked team wouldn't be accused of arrogance if it expects to move up in the next Division 1 polls.
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College tuition rose at a somewhat slower rate this year, climbing 10.5 percent at public four-year colleges and 6 percent at private ones, a study found.
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One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students.
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A FEW years ago, a young man in his freshman year of college had a vision for a better way to provide high school students with the information they need to find colleges that are a good fit.
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North Carolina State didn't need to go far to find a new football coach. In fact, the school didn't even have to leave its own division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The school doesn&#39;t get the top recruits, doesn&#39;t get the major bowl games it believes is its birthright, and doesn&#39;t get the fact that the football program is just not a major power anymore.
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During these tough budget times, schools don't often pass up a check for &#36;10,000. But that's just what one Idaho charter school has done &#151; to set a moral example for students.
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Most schools don't have the funds to follow the lead of well-endowed universities.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - Brown University offers a fine education for big money -- almost $49,000 a year -- but this exclusive school is below average in one way.
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Costs for elite prep schools are staggering, but parents say they're worth it.
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A new national &quot;report card&quot; for public and private colleges gives Massachusetts top marks for the number of its students who go to college and for how well