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Financing Higher Education
Headline News Archive
Listed are news articles on the funding crisis in higher
education.
"Interest
Rates on Federal Student Loans to Reach Record Low”
While tuition continues to rise at record rates at many public colleges and
universities, July 1 will bring record low interest rates on federal student
loans.
Source:The Daily Californian,
June 3, 2003
"A
Threat to Quality of Higher Education"
This op/ed article examines a proposal to cut federal financial aid to institutions
that increase tuition higher than the rate of inflation for two consecutive
years.
Source:The Baltimore Sun, June
2, 2003
"Universities
Endure Overenrollment"
In the midst of funding cuts to higher education, Washington's two- and four-year
colleges and universities struggle to meet current and projected overenrollment.
Source: The Western Front, June
3, 2003
"State
budget overcomes late snag"
Agreements to lift the tuition cap helped to finalize the state budget
in Texas.
Source: Houston Chronicle, May 26, 2003
"Chico
State avoids faculty 'layoffs' but teachers are losing jobs"
This CSU campus responds to budget cuts by not
renewing part-time faculty contracts, hence class sizes are expect to
be larger this fall.
Source: Oroville Mercury-Register,
May 20, 2003
"BOT
tries to work around the Legislature's special session"
The Board of Trustees takes action to approve a 12.5 percent increase
in tuition at the University of South Florida.
Source: The Oracle, May 19, 2003
"WSU
selling off land in budget crunch"
Facing budget cuts, Washington State University hopes to ease the pinch
of a tight economy by selling land.
Source: Seattle Times, May 19, 2003
"Citizens
Concerned About Deep UW Cuts, Not About Tuition Boost"
A survey conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center indicates
public support for the proposed tuition hike.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal, May
19, 2003
"Hands
off higher ed, lawmakers have learned"
Lawmakers in Washington state are unlikely to cut higher education.
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
May 12, 2003
"Hardesty
warns first cut may not be the deepest"
West Virginia University President, Dave Hardesty warns policy makers
to be cautious about making cuts that will affect all higher education
institutions in West Virginia.
Source: The Dominion Post, May 9, 2003
"University
chiefs decry budget cuts in cross-state trip"
Leaders of five of Florida's largest state colleges and universities foresee
programs being scaled back as a larger freshmen class enters this fall.
Source: The Miami Herald, May 9, 2003
"Public
Colleges Try to Show Their Value to States..."
Source: Chronicle Of Higher Education,
May 9, 2003
"Bond
sale is canceled for UMass"
Source: The Boston Globe, May 6, 2003
"State
Shortfalls Projected Throughout The Decade"
Source: National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education
NEA Affiliates Fight State Budget Cuts
The Advocate
reports on Massachusetts and California state affiliates doing battle
over their state's plans to cut higher education funding.
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