Cornell U. and U. of Pennsylvania move to uniform pricing structures — and in Cornell’s case, a lower one. Its goal: To help professors retain their grant monies.
Submitted by James Heggen on December 4, 2008 - 4:00am
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President of SUNY's university there sees the economic mess as the perfect chance to charge higher tuition -- and raise ambitions for the region. But can he get state leaders to go along?
Submitted by Doug Lederman on December 19, 2008 - 4:00am
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Iowa's Northwestern College hoped that locking in its charges to students for four years would attract families eager for tuition stability. But when enrollment fell, the experiment ended.
Faced with revenue declines and dwindling faculty numbers, Madison may raise tuition on all but its neediest students, mirroring a model private institutions often employ.