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Tag: Tuition and Fees
COVID-19
Study: Private, Nonprofit Schools Have Record High Average Tuition Discount Rates
Private higher ed institutions drastically discounted tuition and fee prices for most students in 2020-21, according to a new study from National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). These discounts show a continuing increasing trend in tuition discounting, a trend quickened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study showed that […]
May 19, 2021
COVID-19
Rowan University Reduces Undergraduate Tuition and Fees 10% Amid Pandemic
Rowan University said on Saturday it is reducing tuition and fees for undergraduates by 10% in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuition and fees for the academic year 2020-2021 have been reduced to $12,938, which will mean an approximate savings of $1,438 for undergraduate students, the university said. Last fall, the university approved a 2.25% […]
July 27, 2020
Opinion
Theft, Shame and Guilt in Order to Get By
Over the past few years there has been increasing exposure to the harsh reality of what it is like to be in college while facing financial hardship.
February 26, 2019
News Roundup
Proposed Minnesota Bill Would Cover First Two Years at Any State School
Minnesota student leaders and state legislators have recently proposed a bill that would cover the tuition, fees and textbook costs free for the first two years at state public colleges and universities. Sen. Kari Dziedzic, D-Minneapolis, author of the bill and its supporters have said the legislation is meant to begin a conversation about access […]
February 14, 2019
News Roundup
Cornish College of the Arts Announces Tuition Decrease by 20 Percent
Cornish College of the Arts has announced it will lower tuition by 20 percent, resetting it to prior levels in an effort to address long-term student loan debt and make the institution more accessible to students. The college becomes the first art school in the nation to implement a tuition reset. The tuition change will go […]
January 30, 2019
Recruitment & Retention
Report: Iowa’s Community Colleges See Decrease in Total Enrollment, Increase in Minority Enrollment
According to the Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report, the state’s community college enrollment decreased by 1.2 percent in 2018, while tuition increased. However, the community colleges still serve over half of Iowa students pursuing higher education, and have seen a record 22.4 percent increase in minority enrollment, according to The Gazette. Minority students […]
January 22, 2019
News Roundup
DACA Student Enrollment Decreases at Maricopa Community Colleges
As a result of an Arizona Supreme Court ruling made earlier this year which made Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients unqualified for in-state tuition, enrollment for the socioeconomic group dropped 40 percent at the Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC). DACA recipients, also known as ‘Dreamers’, have been struggling to continue their education because out-of-state […]
September 25, 2018
Students
Improving Financial Literacy Among Students of Color, Especially Millennials
Time and time again, I overhear people speaking about how they wish they would have learned the importance of personal finance in high school. Whether it is information about how to file taxes, understanding credit, or guidance on getting loans to purchase a vehicle, home, or to attend school, it has become clear to me that people acknowledge having to make these types of financial decisions with little to no background knowledge about it beforehand.
September 21, 2018
HBCUs
Benedict College’s Bold Move to Lower Tuition: Ask Us ‘Why Not?’
Nearly 150 years after its founding, with a bold approach to student success in the face of sociopolitical challenges, leadership at Benedict College continues to demonstrate a renewed commitment to providing access for students to become powers for good in society.
July 27, 2018
Students
Colleges Wrestle with Issue of Using Students’ Fees for Controversial Speakers
Should college students’ money be paying for controversial speakers and programs? Debate comes as universities shift more costs to students, including the bill for hot-button speakers and polarizing clubs.
November 2, 2017
Students
Strayer to Acquire Capella Education in $1.9B Deal
HERNDON, Va. — Strayer Education is tying up with Capella Education in a deal worth about $1.9 billion under an administration that looks much more favorably at non-profit schools that had come under a harsher spotlight in recent years. The two schools, however, stood out from others mired in inquiries about students left with large […]
October 30, 2017
Students
Certain For-profit Colleges Leave Veterans in a Bind
Certain for-profit colleges have targeted veterans’ GI Bill dollars and have sold them worthless degrees.
October 25, 2017
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