Like Ivies, Berkeley Adds Aid to Draw Middle-Class Students
By JENNIFER MEDINA
LOS ANGELES — The University of California, Berkeley, announced Wednesday that it would offer far more financial aid to middle-class students starting next fall, with families earning up to $140,000 a year expected to contribute no more than 15 percent of their annual income, in what experts described as the most significant such move by a public institution.
Clashes of Money and Values: A Survey of Admissions Directors
A Two-for-One Deal: Bachelor’s Plus Master’s
By LAURA PAPPANO
Do you want a master’s with that bachelor’s? Think of it as adding fries and a Coke for an Extra Value Meal.
With messages like “go further faster,” institutions are offering alternatives to the traditional four-year/two-year timetable, allowing students to complete two degrees in five years or less.
A measured response to the book, "Crazy U."
In Defense of Independent Admissions Consultants May 31, 2011, 12:19 pm By Eric Hoover
In a guest post today, Joan K. Rynearson, president of Higher Education Consultants Association, takes on some popular perceptions of her profession:
Calculating the Potential Return on Your Major
May 24, 2011, By JACQUES STEINBERG
As the cost of college climbs ever higher each year, amid a national economic forecast that remains cloudy, questions about the value of a four-year degree are being raised with increased urgency.
College Plans You Thought Were Safe
By RON LIEBER
The predicament of state workers has drawn a great deal of attention recently, and rightly so. The health of their pension plans and their right to organize are fundamental issues.
But the state budget crises that have led to these reckonings have also put state university students and their families in troublesome situations.
MD College tuition going up 6% - St. Mary's College total cost will reach $25,000
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 By JESSE YEATMAN
The cost to attend St. Mary's College of Maryland will increase next year to more than $25,000 to help cover staff and faculty benefits and other campus expenses.
The 6 percent increase was approved by the college's trustees Saturday. It means an in-state student living on campus will pay $25,345 for tuition, room and board and mandatory fees.
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