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What Does It Mean to Redefine R-1?
Simplified metrics bring complicated consequences, G. Dale Wesson writes.
Federal Cuts Put Institutional Aid at Risk
As colleges face mounting financial challenges, institutional aid budgets could take a significant hit, passing costs to students and undermining promising access initiatives.
Tuition Discounting Hits Another High
NACUBO’s latest study finds that colleges continue to charge students less than their listed sticker price at a rate surpassing prior records.
Downstream of the Ivies
Financial pressures at the nation’s wealthiest colleges could have cascading effects at less resourced institutions, Joseph E. Nyre writes.
State Department Screening Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
A Simple Tool Aims to Clarify College Cost
Economist Phil Levine developed his price calculator to help families understand the cost of a degree without deciphering complex aid formulas. Colleges are queuing up to use it.
Math Prerequisites a Barrier to Transfer Success
A recent report identifies the ways math requirements can impede community college students interested in transferring to a four-year college.
Congress Opens the Credential Floodgates
Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.