Tuition

Many Santa Monica College trustees see a proposed two-tiered tuition system as a progressive solution to funding problems, and they're frustrated by the angry reaction.

With the cost of tuition rising and student debt growing, the three-member committee will examine board and administration policies on executive pay packages. Committee chairman Richard Beeson says the panel will study current practices in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Private schools in South Florida are beginning to release their tuition rates for the upcoming academic year.

Iowa's public universities will disclose that about 20 percent of a student's tuition bill pays for scholarships.

Want to calculate how much you could owe in student loans after graduating from a particular college? A new government website provides tools to help with the math.

Tuition increases are threatening to place a University of California education out of the reach of working-class and middle-class students.

College students across the country have protested repeated hikes in their tuition and fees.

Old Dominion University is deferring a decision on tuition for the 2012-13 academic year until Virginia's state budget is done.

The system chief makes the request after a student protest that led to pepper-spraying. He says the plan to charge more for high-demand classes violates education codes and he's sought a legal opinion.

Increase will be average of 5.6% for undergraduate students