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Trends in Higher Education: Trends in College Pricing and Trends in Student Aid
Trends in College Pricing report includes data through 2012-2013 from the College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges, provides information on changes in undergraduate tuition and fees, room and board, and other estimated expenses related to attending colleges and universities. Report findings are organized into the following categories:
- Published Prices – National
- Published Prices by State/Region
- Variation in Published Prices
- Net Price
- Institutional Finances
- Enrollment and Income
Download the full report: trends.collegeboard.org
Trends in Student Aid annual College Board publication provides detailed, up-to-date information on the funding that is available to help… Continue reading
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Tagged College Board, college pricing, student aid, Trends in Higher Education
Student Debt’s Red Herring
By Elizabeth MacDonald
Who is to blame for soaring U.S. student loan debt that now surpasses credit card and auto-loan debt, at an estimated $1 trillion, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
The Occupy Wall Street folks blamed the banks, but are the real culprits colleges, which have gouged American families with virtually unchecked hikes in tuition?
Read more: foxbusiness.com
National Goals for College Education Depend on the States
By David W. Breneman
Consider this dilemma: The Obama administration, the Lumina Foundation, and numerous state governors have set goals for increasing sharply the proportion of college graduates (or at least the proportion of people with some form of postsecondary training) by 2020-25, while for more than a decade, state-government support for higher education has been diminishing, leading to ever-higher tuition charges and escalating student debt.
The federal government lacks effective tools to change this contradictory financial context because penalizing colleges by threatening to withhold student aid harms only students. That leaves “jawboning” as the main (and ineffectual) recourse.… Continue reading
