Givers and Colleges Clash on Spending
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In recent years a few noisy disputes over how donated money is spent have had a powerful effect on the fund-raising game.
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A new, independent report card flunks America&#39;s colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. While noting progress in areas such as student preparation, the biennial
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By James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Feb. 19--Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to put an additional $700 million into  education next year, but Georgia's technical colleges might wind up having to  lay off faculty and close programs to make ends meet.
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A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability.    While noting progress in areas such as student preparation, the biennial study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education drops the country to an "F" in affordability from the "D" it received in the nonprofit group's report two years ago...
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The nation&#39;s colleges and universities are losing ground on affordability and access, according to a national report released yesterday by an independent nonprofit organization.
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The transfer of technological innovations from the campus to the capitalist marketplace has been a financial windfall for many schools.
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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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Most schools don't have the funds to follow the lead of well-endowed universities.
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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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Endowments might be surging, but don't rely on colleges to give your kid a free ride.
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Congressional Democrats say when they take the gavel from Republicans next month, they will put money in the pockets of college students and closely examine a law reforming elementary and secondary schools. How they will pay for their plans isn't clear.
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A Congressional report suggests that there has been more questionable conduct in the ties between colleges and student loan companies than previously reported, this time involving charitable giving to build business.
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If Doreen Seelig pocketed all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35 years as a teacher &#151; the printer cartridges, the paper, the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice High School students &#151; she figures she would have a new car by now.
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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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NCAA President Myles Brand warns colleges at the annual NCAA Convention that excessive spending on facilities and coaches is draining new revenue streams.
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Even as some economic commentators fret about the rising U.S. trade deficit, college students remain big fans of U.S. products like LG mobile telephones, Adidas sneakers and Lego toys.
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Decisions by Harvard, Yale and other elite schools to make college more affordable to a larger pool of applicants might have the unintended consequence of harming less wealthy institutions and the students who attend them, some educators and financial aid experts say.