NEWS BRIEFS: First-Year College Admissions Drop, Interest Rises in Skill Trades
"Public & private nonprofit 4-year institutions had the largest decreases in frosh enrollment (-8.5% and -6.5%, respectively)."
cost of higher education Archive
NEWS BRIEFS: Corporate Collusion? (Yeah, It Happens.) Price-Fixing in Higher Ed? (Got to Be Kidding!)
Filed by a Boston U student and a Cornell U alumn, the filing alleges rigging the system to raise tuition …
October 11, 2024/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Biden Administration Seeks Reinstatement of SAVE Plan
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar: “The rule is a straightforward exercise of the Department’s express statutory authority."
August 14, 2024/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “Colleges Should Extend May 1 Decision Deadline Amid FAFSA Delays, Higher Ed Groups Say”
"The FAFSA delays this cycle have abbreviated colleges’ timeline for making financial aid offers."
May 1, 2024/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: New Report Reveals Striking Inability of Americans to Pay College Costs
"Policies, such as doubling the Pell Grant, are critical to ensuring that lower-income students can access, afford, and succeed."
August 24, 2023/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Student Loan Forgiveness, Round Two
"Tuesday’s hearing gave another avenue for higher ed leaders, organizations and the public to weigh in."
July 22, 2023/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Congressional Republicans Have a Reform Plan for Higher Education?
"Republican leaders are putting forward pragmatic higher education reforms." (Really?)
July 16, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: What Caused the Student Debt Crisis?
"Also contributing to cost are administrative overhead and the student amenities arms race."
July 3, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Why SCOTUS Said No to Student Loan Forgiveness
John Patrick Hunt, law professor, UC Davis: "Broad applications of executive power are vulnerable under this Supreme Court.”
July 1, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “From Esteem to Resentment,” Researchers Contend, Tied to Higher Education’s Cost
"Since 1980, the burden of the production cost of higher education has shifted from taxpayers to the individual student."
December 30, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: DeVos and Fed Ed Department Sued For Not Following Congressional Order
“The U.S. Education Department has continued to garnish wages from workers who are behind on their student loan payments even …
May 3, 2020/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: There’s Higher Tuition at Michigan’s Community College
“State higher education appropriations for community colleges have risen about 4% since 2017-18, but the average tuition has risen nearly …
December 7, 2019/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Is Public Higher Education Underfunded?
A think tank says ‘no,’ and a university president responds, ‘yes.’ Read reasons at Inside Higher Education.
November 25, 2019/
Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Wayne St (MI) Initiates Free Tuition for Detroit Students/Residents
“Called the ‘Heart of Detroit Tuition Pledge,’ the initiative could potentially provide free tuition to students currently enrolled in Detroit …
October 23, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Education’s $3 Billion Dollar Secret
Big-time college athletics are self-supporting. Right? Yes, but only at a handful of public universities. For the rest, $3 billion …
May 7, 2019/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/