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A College-Cost Policy Wonk Gives Data a Seat at the Table
Jane Wellman and her Delta Cost Project have provided hard numbers and hard truths about spending in higher education.
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Obama Aims to Make Colleges Cut Costs
And that has higher-education lobbyists and leaders wondering what, exactly, that will mean.
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Proposed Realigning of New Jersey Campuses Spurs Protests
The plan would shift control of a Rutgers campus at Camden to Rowan University. Critics see hints of cronyism in that choice.
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Senators Question Obama's Plan to Tie Federal Aid to Tuition
At a hearing, Republicans grilled an Education Department official about how states would be affected. Some Democrats also raised concerns about the regulatory burden.
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Students at Florida A&M U. React to Suspension of Club Recruiting
Organization leaders are for the most part accepting the temporary ban, imposed after the death of a student from injuries believed to be caused by hazing.
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12 More Law Schools Face Lawsuits Over Job-Placement Claims
The schools, primarily in California, New York, and Illinois, are accused of luring students with inflated job-placement and salary statistics.
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Community-College Study Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?
The Center for Community College Student Engagement is seeking to identify practices that work, and help colleges expand them to cover all students.
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Keen on College-Affordability Goals, but Wary of How to Achieve Them
Members of an independent-colleges group, meeting in Washington, cheer their leader's call for "good faith" negotiations over President Obama's proposals.
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Education Department Turns Policy Attention to College Completion
Some 60 faculty researchers and other experts gathered to share ideas about best practices for improving college-completion rates.
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Aid Experts and Officials Question President's College-Affordability Plans
Basing federal support on a college's holding down net tuition could be particularly troubling for public institutions, some officials said.
- President Puts College Costs Front and Center
- With Tighter Budgets, Researchers May Be Asked to Lobby Lawmakers on Campuses
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For Biddy Martin, a New Test of Leadership
- Board Chair Steps Down Amid Tension at Bethune-Cookman U.
- In an Election Year, a Complex Portrait of Freshman Political Views
Administration Data
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Presidents Defend Their Pay as Public Colleges Slash Budgets
Some leaders draw hefty compensation while their states suffer from huge shortfalls.
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Searchable Database: Compensation of Private-Institution Chief Executives
- Interactive Tool: Tuition Over Time, 1999-2010
