Indiana's public colleges and universities are slated to increase tuition and fees over the biennium—up to 4.9% per year—despite pushback from some state lawmakers and budget officials. CHE commissioner Chris Lowery emphasized that at Indiana's public four-year colleges, in-state tuition and mandatory fee rates fell by an average of 2.1% annually over the last decade—the […]
Purdue, for example, has agreed to its twelfth consecutive year of freezing tuition, set below $10,000. The university estimates that this decision has saved students more than $1 billion on educational and living expenses since 2013. However, most public institutions cannot afford to set a tuition freeze without state funding.
Skill-training strategies, such as mindfulness, boast consistently positive evidence of improved social-emotional skills. Gatekeeper training, however, needs another look.
A new report by consulting firm Bain & Company is forecasting the majority of higher education to be in a tough financial spot three years from now due to a confluence of operational challenges affecting institutions.
Despite the net price for private colleges falling by 11% in the past five years, nearly one-third of parents and students believe that a college education is overpriced. This one simple tactic can be to blame.
As college prices rise, there is one issue affecting the cost of college that neither side can argue with and which postsecondary institutions can readily address: Time.
Among students pursuing a certificate, associate or bachelor's degree in 2022, 41% said they considered "stopping out," or withdrawing, from their studies in the past six months, compared with 38% in 2021. But the report also suggests that despite significant enrollment declines during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of adults in the […]
According to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation, Black, Hispanic and male students are most likely to consider stopping out, and it may be due to one specific, campus-wide issue.
Officials from Oregon's seven public universities say they need more than $1 billion over the next two years to maintain services amid inflation and to avoid deep cuts and layoffs. University administrators have begun restructuring and considering layoffs amid an expected $5 million deficit for the coming school year. All seven of Oregon's public universities […]
