July 13-16, 2013
Indianapolis, Ind.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Daily News
5/7/2013
A new company wants to bring college students to live downtown Syracuse by turning a vacant office building near Armory Square into a dormitory for 146 students.
5/7/2013
Administrators at the University of Central Arkansas say they are seeing the need to bump up tuition costs again.
5/7/2013
Private U.S. colleges, worried they could be pricing themselves out of the market after years of relentless tuition increases, are offering record financial assistance to keep classrooms full.
5/7/2013
There is a lot of talk right now about the future of higher education, and particularly about how student financing should be redesigned within that new future. The main driver of this interest is the nation's dramatically increasing need for talent. Two-thirds of all new jobs require a postsecondary degree or other credential, but only about 40 percent of Americans have it. As a result, the talent gap is wide.
5/7/2013
While some employers have suggested they will cut some or most part-time employees to under 30 hours so as not to have to incur the added cost of health insurance, the University of Central Oklahoma has announced it will provide full benefits to all faculty working more than 27 hours per week.
5/7/2013
In the last four years, higher education in Louisiana has felt the brunt of more than $650 million in cuts. Depending on what happens in the state legislature, tuition could rise for thousands of students at universities across the state. Recently, the state's House Education Committee held a hearing on a proposed bill which would allow universities to raise tuition without legislative approval.
5/7/2013
In a new report, students are giving their colleges and institutions a failing grade. We don't spend enough time asking the people who have the most skin in the game — the recent graduates of America's colleges and universities — what they think.
5/7/2013
Increasingly, it seems as though higher education doesn’t have a place for people like me or my family. You see, we are the middle people. We are middle class, with three children. But in the realm of higher education, if you are “middle,” you are at the bottom. Scholarships, grants and financial assistance abound for students who earn top grades. And rightfully so.
5/7/2013
Officials at Oklahoma's colleges and universities are working on their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The process includes deciding whether students will see an increase in tuition and fees in the fall.
5/7/2013
Fossil Free UD, a University of Delaware campus campaign that aims to encourage university administration to divest fossil fuel companies from its endowment funds, has submitted a proposal to its student government that will be voted on next week.
5/7/2013
Starting from day one, for every three classes a new student successfully completes, Strayer University (Va.) will place one Tuition Award in their Graduation Fund to cover the cost of one future class. In addition, as part of an overall effort to address affordability, Strayer University is also announcing that tuition will be frozen for currently enrolled students, and there will be no tuition increase for 2014.
5/7/2013
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced that William Bowes will take over as CFO on July 1. Bowes most recently was chief financial officer for the Connecticut Colleges and State Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education.
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