Understanding market dynamics, student demand and competitors as well as the cost of provision will be critical to developing institutional and pricing strategies in a deregulated higher education market.
The de-regulation of university fees from 2016 and changes to tuition subsidy rates and student HELP loans proposed in the May budget will see more direct competition on price and from non-university providers and an increased focus on value. More...

Students at the University of Winnipeg can expect to pay higher tuition in the fall. 
The University of Winnipeg's Board of Regents approved an operating budget of $120 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year Monday night. 
The budget is being balanced through measures like delaying hiring for vacant positions, larger class sizes and administrative restructuring. Read more...

By Nikki Krug. Eyes expanded access to higher education. At a time of record student debt and ever-rising tuition bills, that’s just what a new nonprofit organization wants to provide for America’s students. More...

By Andy Sher. Another year, another round of tuition and fee hikes left leaders of Tennessee's two higher education systems wringing their hands Thursday over flat funding from the state and how to deal with a future where that may not change.
"We've shifted the cost from a public education to more of a private-driven enterprise" where funding increasingly falls on students and their families, University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro told UT system board trustees. "I'm committed to reversing this trend, but I think we need to go forward and take a hard look at ourselves.
"Frankly," DiPietro said, "we have to look at our whole business model and decide if it's broken or not." He said "We have to develop a plan and build a coalition."
That came shortly before the board, meeting in Knoxville, approved a 6 percent tuition increase for academic year 2014-15 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Along with it came a raft of student fee increases. More...