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Bresciani Challenges University Community To Be Proponents For ND State Univ

North Dakota State University has stopped its “financial slide” and has a balanced budget. But a new funding model is needed to correct the history of unfair funding NDSU has received for years.

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Grand Forks Herald

Louisiana State U Students Unhappy About Swine Farm Closure

Louisiana State University agriculture students are upset about LSU Agricultural Center plans to shut down its swine farm. About 40 LSU students met Tuesday with faculty leaders and LSU College of Agriculture Dean Kenneth Koonce to express their frustrations about the decision that will affect the university's animal sciences program and more.

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AP via NOLA.com

Seton Hall Will Lower Tuition Rate By $21K To Match Rutgers For Some Incoming Freshmen

In an unusual move, Seton Hall University will reduce its tuition by more than $21,000 next year for incoming freshmen who have high SAT scores and graduate in the top 10 percent of their class, school officials said today.

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The Star-Ledger

UConn Board Approves $1.03 Billion Budget

The University of Connecticut's board of trustees Wednesday approved a $1.03 billion budget for the current fiscal year — a spending plan that is 2.2 percent less than last year's.

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The Hartford Courant

Utah Gov Asks Regents To Stall College President Raises

Gov. Gary Herbert has asked the Utah State Board of Regents to holster pay raises to the state’s college and university presidents.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

Committing to Lower Tuition Increases

Howard and Matthew Greene
University Business, Oct 2011

Very few colleges and universities have actually cut their tuition, according to a National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities survey of members released in June. Other measures have been taken, though. Some institutions have frozen or allowed buying of four years, including Catawba University (N.C.) and the Sage Colleges (N.Y.). Others have committed to lower tuition increases than in the past. For example, 2011-2012 tuition rates at these colleges have gone up modestly:

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Financial Services News for October 2011
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University Business, Oct 2011

Student Loan Default Rates on the Rise

New figures released last month by the U.S. Department of Education show a sharp increase in the rate at which student loan borrowers are defaulting at colleges and universities across the country. According to the report, “two-year cohort default rates” show that 8.8 percent of student loan borrowers who entered repayment in 2009 had defaulted by the end of 2010, up from 7 percent over 2008.

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Groups Pose Questions In Investigation

University of Central Arkansas staff senate members have submitted concerns in writing to the school’s office of internal audit in hopes that their questions will be answered regarding the $700,000 Aramark grant to renovate the president’s home.

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Log Cabin Democrat

As California State Tuition Rises, Financial Aid Offices Struggle to Adjust

On what should have been a carefree day of reconnecting with friends and settling into new classes recently, more than two dozen students at the University of California, Berkeley, sat in uneasy silence outside the financial aid office.

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The New York Times

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