Economy

Anyone who needs a lot of money, as the University of California says it does, gets thinking about the fastest, easiest ways to bring in cash.

The University of Minnesota is offering a tuition freeze in exchange for new money from the Legislature. University President Eric Kaler is tying increased funding for the "U' to a tuition freeze for some undergraduates.

University of Louisville President James Ramsey criticized politicians who cut funding to higher education and said he was “confused by those who talk of education’s failures while espousing policies that fail to invest in education” during his state of the university speech Wednesday.

Chancellors, vice presidents not eligible for bonuses from tuition-funded pool

Job cuts, new academic programs and aggressive marketing could keep the financially strapped University of Pittsburgh at Titusville afloat.

In the space of four years, UW tuition for in-state undergraduates has increased 55 percent because of the cut in state support for higher education. This must change, guest columnists Adam Sherman and Evan Smith say.

A powerful UC committee suspends its review of the proposal to switch from state to private funding for the university's main MBA program.

The number of people who have defaulted on federal student loans in Indiana increased 35 percent over the last three years.

Nearly a half million students have been shut out of California community colleges since 2008 - a 17 percent drop in enrollment - as budget cuts have forced schools to limit the number of courses they can offer, a new survey of the campuses shows.

University of Texas-Pan American President Robert Nelsen won’t be participating in the University of Texas System’s new incentive pay plan — at least, he won't directly benefit from the plan.