Obama, GOP duel over rising college expenses
President Barack Obama would make tax credits for college expenses permanent and expand Pell grants for students from lower-earning families. The Republican team of Mitt Romney and Paul…
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New studies weigh college value, cost
Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it's the middle-class that's getting particularly squeezed…
Open source textbook publisher projects $1M in savings
College students in some of the most heavily attended courses in the country will eclipse $1 million in textbook savings after a Rice University-based publisher had 13,000 open-source…
Social media saves money, boosts efficiency for college recruiters
It’s no secret that teenagers today practically live online—so online is where college recruiters should go to find potential students, reveals a study about increased social media use…
More private colleges offering tuition discounts
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Students pay a growing share of college costs, study finds
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Senate hears ideas on keeping down college costs
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Public university becomes first to endorse untraditional online model
Students at the University of Wisconsin (UW) can earn college degrees based on proven competency in a subject, making UW the first publicly-funded school to launch a competency-based…