U.S. Flunks Higher Education Affordability
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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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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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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 study by the
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The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is starting to become an important export.
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Educators and students say the University of Phoenixâs focus on the bottom line has eroded academic quality.
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You've got the college degree, and now you're stressed about what do to with the debt.
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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 student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates.
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Michigan State University senior Katie Wright worries college tuition is rising so fast that some working-class families, including her own, may soon find higher education unaffordable.
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Aug. 20, 2004  Budget cuts appear to have done little harm to the quality of America&#39;s state-supported universities at least the way US News &amp; World Report measures it. Public universities generally hold their own in the magazine&#39;s latest college ...
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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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The number of foreign students  pursuing advanced degrees at U.S. universities fell this year,  strengthening a trend that began after the attacks of Sept. 11,  2001, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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The Bush administration on Monday proposed cutting subsidies and fees collected by institutions that make college loans, sending sector leader Sallie Mae's  stock price reeling.
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Community colleges are being deluged with hundreds of thousands of students unprepared for college-level work.
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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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Budget cuts appear to have done little harm to the quality of America's state-supported universities &#151; at least the way U.S. News &amp; World Report measures it. Public universities generally hold their own in the magazine's latest college rankings.
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England's colleges say they have been given far less money than they need to meet government targets.