The University of Arkansas today launched OpenUA, its expenditure transparency website, to provide online documentation of public expenses paid by all university offices, departments and divisions.
The University of Colorado -- where nearly one in three undergraduates on the Boulder campus have federal Stafford loans -- was among few organizations that publicly reported lobbying in favor of a measure to keep interest rates from doubling to 6.8 percent.
The only way Temple University's board could have delivered any better news to students about their 2012-13 tuition is if it announced the rate getting reduced.
UC regents had been expected to raise tuition in mid-July. But UC officials say they will forgo the hike in exchange for $125 million from the state budget deal.
Ferris State University President David Eisler said a 2.5 percent tuition increase may be a burden for some students, but the university is offering more financial aid to help soften the blow.
