Economy

Tuition and fees this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison would top $10,000 for in-state students, and UW-Milwaukee would be close behind, if a recommended 5.5% tuition increase is approved by the Board of Regents this week.

Class sizes have increased, courses have been cut and tuition has been raised — repeatedly.

Ongoing financial woes, including three missed payrolls, prompted a small private East Texas junior college to furlough its workforce Wednesday while officials try to reorganize and save the 158-year-old school.

Why can’t Johnny afford college?

The College Bubble hypothesis has slowly gained acceptance since 2009.

Georgia lawmakers have drastically cut per-student state funding for education not just in the past few years of economic decline, but for the past decade, according to a new analysis by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.