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Students Seek Tuition Freeze in 2008

PHOENIX Students plan to press Arizona leaders to put the brakes on tuition hikes in 2008.

November 6, 2007

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Nation’s First Statewide Voucher Program Defeated at Utah Polls

SALT LAKE CITY Utah voters on Tuesday killed the nation’s first statewide school voucher program that promised tax dollars for private tuition, no matter how much a family earned or whether kids were in bad schools.

November 6, 2007

Students

Court: University of California Overcharged Students $34 Million

SAN FRANCISCO The University of California system overcharged 35,000 graduate and undergraduate students $33.8 million in fees four years ago, a state appeals court has ruled.

November 4, 2007

Latinx

Rising Tuition Raises Ire of Congress, Which Is Constantly Being Asked to Raise Student Aid

More federal aid should not prompt colleges and universities to raise their tuitions, witnesses told a House committee Thursday. But some lawmakers continue to seek a link between the two issues as they consider new initiatives to promote college access and success.

November 1, 2007

Students

Does Business Have a Place In Study Abroad?

The subpoenas issued this summer to five private organizations that offer study abroad programs were surprising.

October 31, 2007

Community Colleges

Florida Governor Signs Off On Tuition Hikes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has finalized $1.1 billion in state budget cuts — but he did so grudgingly and without fanfare.

October 31, 2007

Community Colleges

Florida Governor Signs Off On Tuition Hikes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has finalized $1.1 billion in state budget cuts — but he did so grudgingly and without fanfare. Crist on Friday signed the budget-revision bills sent to him two weeks ago by the Legislature. They enact tuition increases at public universities and colleges and a new technology fee at universities. […]

October 31, 2007

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Pennsylvania Private College Promises Tuition-free Fifth Year

HUNTINGDON, Pa. A private liberal-arts college is embarking on an unusual promotion to recruit prospective students and dissuade them from choosing public universities buy four years and get the fifth, if needed, tuition-free.

October 30, 2007

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After Lawmakers Balk, UW-La Crosse Backs Off Its Diversity Plan

MADISON Wis. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is backing off a controversial plan to increase diversity and financial aid by raising all students’ tuition, the school’s chancellor said Tuesday.

October 30, 2007

Students

Va. Tech Distributes $8.5M in Donations for Shooting Victims, Families of Those Killed

BLACKSBURG Va. Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday.

October 30, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Budget Gives UW Campuses Money to Add Students, Researchers

MADISON Wis. The University of Wisconsin System is about to get bigger.

October 29, 2007

Sports

Khayat Says Naming UM Successor Key Part of his Final Years

TUPELO Miss. University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat said he hopes to use the remaining three years of his contract to help find and orient a successor.

October 29, 2007