The presidents of Washington's three largest universities say President Barack Obama should be talking to state governments about college tuition, not complaining to them.
The cost of attending Princeton University is going up by 4.5 percent, the school’s largest hike in tuition and fees in six years. But the school’s governing body raised the amount of financial aid given to students to make up for the difference.
Some students protested tuition increases. Some lamented cuts to the Bright Futures scholarship program. And some said they were only after the extra credit.
In a campus visit Friday morning, President Obama outlined his plans to keep college tuition costs in check, getting a wildly enthusiastic response at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
University of Illinois freshmen will pay more than $24,000 this fall for tuition, fees and housing, an amount board members approved even as one trustee urged the group to "keep tuition in check."
On television and billboards throughout Hampton Roads, advertisements inform students that if they enroll at Tidewater Community College, it can be a gateway to four-year schools such as the University of Virginia.