By Rick Seltzer. About 40 percent of students who decided not to go to their college or university of first choice cited reasons related to costs. Read more...
Alumni Power in Statehouses
By Rick Seltzer. A new study from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business found a positive relationship between state funding levels for higher education and the share of legislators who attended the public colleges and universities in their states. In other words, legislatures where more lawmakers have ties to in-state colleges and universities provide more funding to those public institutions. Read more...
Work-Study Worries
By Rick Seltzer. Many experts on the program agree it needs changing with a greater emphasis on low-income students. But few agree that the large cut being sought by the Trump administration will help. Read more...
Four-Year Degree Costs Drop at California Systems
By Rick Seltzer. Institutional costs per degree at California’s two public four-year higher education systems dropped by almost one-fifth from 1987 to 2013, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. Read more...
The High (Dollar) Cost of Sexual Assault
By Emily Tate. United Educators reviewed 1,000 incidents of campus sexual assault and found that, in cases with litigation, the claims can cost institutions an average of $350,000. More...
Study Examines Loan Aversion by Population
By Emily Tate. A new study out of Vanderbilt University seeks to quantify loan aversion among different populations. More...
Transgender Employees Sue Wisconsin System
By Emily Tate. The University of Wisconsin System is being sued by two of its transgender employees because the system and the state insurance board will no longer cover gender reassignment surgeries, The Associated Press reported. More...
Prospective Students Seek Information, But Colleges Don't Always Provide
By Emily Tate. Learners seek answers to basic questions, such as tuition costs and campus life, but most schools bury that information -- and many students haven't figured out how to find it. More...
Anxiety on the Rise
By Emily Tate. More than half of the college students who visited their campus counseling centers during the 2015-16 academic year reported symptoms of anxiety, according to a survey by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors. More...
Top Art Schools Venturing Online
By Emily Tate. Elite U.S. and international programs are starting to offer online courses so they are more accessible and affordable -- and to attract new students to their campuses. More...