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The good news is that tuition increases have moderated at both public and private colleges and universities, but the bad news is that tuition continues to outpace inflation and growth in family income.
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This year’s reports from the College Board found a substantial slowdown in sticker prices at four-year public universities, where the average 4.8 percent increase was the smallest rise in more than a decade.
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President Obama visited the University of Michigan this morning to expand on the higher education plans he briefly outlined in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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January 17, 2008
Talking points in response to a Government Accountability Office report on college affordability that refuted common misperceptions about college costs.
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January 17, 2008
Talking points on higher education financing.
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This issue brief addresses key questions about undergraduates who work, using data from the 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. Understanding who works, why, and the effects that work has on academic success and college financing may help institution leaders and policy makers craft policies to help students balance their need and desire to work with their academic priorities.
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This issue brief looks at the growth of federal student loan between 1993 and 2004 utilizing National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey. Results show the extent to which student loan volume has changed by various degree levels.
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November 10, 2004
This publication describes the major characteristics of American higher education and important issues that challenge it, linking back as appropriate to essential philosophical underpinnings of American higher education history.
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September 23, 2004
This analysis describes the borrowing and repayment experiences of 1992–93 and 1999–2000 bachelor’s degree recipients one year after graduation.