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College enrollment slides as more return to work

College enrollments declined 2.3% this spring compared with a year earlier, a sign that more students are returning to the workforce as the economy recovers, a report says.

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USA Today

Community Colleges Need to Return to Their Mission

Over the past six years, enrollment at Lone Star College has increased by 89 percent. Unfortunately the faculty has only increased by 11 percent, which has made the student-to-faculty ratio shift from 17:1 in 2006 to 29:1 in 2012. Furthermore, between 2006 and 2012, spending directly related to student instruction decreased from 27 percent of total spending to 16 percent.

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Cleveland Advocate

Free Tuition at Cooper Union May Be Near End

The new academic building was glamorous, its perforated metal skin shooting up dramatically from the streets of the East Village, then swerving around a daring gash of glass.

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The New York Times

Study Confirms College Endowment Drop

On average, investment returns on college and university endowments declined by 0.3 percent in the last fiscal year, a sharp drop from the average return of 19.2 percent in fiscal 2011, according to a study by the Commonfund Institute and the National Association of College and University Business Officers, known as Nacubo.

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The New York Times

College-Town Lawmakers Push for Tuition Freeze

Some lawmakers do not want to see a tuition increase at public universities over the next two years, but some opponents say legislating the issue would erode the North Dakota University System’s authority over determining the tuition rates.

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WDAZ

Higher Education Giving Expected To Reach Pre-Recession Levels

Colleges and universities depend largely on donations, and if one estimate holds true, giving to higher education institutions is on track to exceed the watermark set before the 2009 recession.

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The State Journal

Presidents Of Texas Universities Warn Against Tying Funds To Graduation Rates

University presidents warned Monday that tying state funds to graduation rates, as Gov. Rick Perry and some lawmakers have proposed, could cause some campuses to have huge cuts in funding.

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The Dallas Morning News

More College Freshmen View Diploma As Gateway To Better Job

Nearly 75% of first-year students in the U.S. say making more money was a key reason for pursuing a bachelor's degree, a UCLA survey finds.

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The Los Angeles Times

Moody’s Outlook on Higher Education Turns Negative

The credit reporting agency Moody’s on Wednesday said that it has revised its financial outlook for colleges and universities, giving a negative grade to the entire sector.

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The New York Times

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