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Almost 260 colleges and universities around the country still have
openings for students, and most of these schools still have ample
financial aid available, according to survey results from the
National Association for College Admission Counseling (“NACAC
Survey: Space and Financial Aid Still Available for Students On ...
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Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State University who seven
years ago promised to make ASU “The New American University” and to
grow the school’s enrollment to 100,000 students by 2020, could see
his plans go unfulfilled because of state budget cuts, reports The
New York Times (“State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions,” ...
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Looking at the growth of medical schools in the United States you’d
never know America is in the middle of a recession.
Even as the economy continues its downward spiral, medical schools
are expanding, says Dr. J. James Rohack, president-elect of the
American Medical Association.
Whereas about 25 years ago medical schools ...
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Students attending Hartwick College in New York may now be able to
save over $40,000 on their education by enrolling in a new three-
year college degree program, according to a recent news release from the
college (“Hartwick College Announces Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree,”
Feb. 24, 2009).
The new initiative will reduce ...
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California is in danger of losing a large portion of its future workforce if the state education system continues to fail to adequately accommodate its college-age population, reports Gale Holland of the Los Angeles Times (“California Colleges Face ‘Serious Challenges,’ Report Says,” Feb. 12, 2009).
A new report issued by the Institute for ...
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Tuition increases at the nation’s colleges are inevitable.
However, in the current economic climate — where states are slashing
budgets to the bone — public colleges are being forced to raise
tuition at rates that haven’t been seen in years, reports The
Associated Press (“Families Await Sharpest Tuition Increases in
Years,” ...
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As jobs continue to disappear and unemployment soars, large numbers
of adult learners may soon be enrolling in online programs,
particularly at two-year colleges and for-profit institutions,
according to a new online education survey (“Recession May Drive
More Adult Students to Take Online Courses,” The Chronicle of Higher ...
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Colleges and universities all across the country are seeing larger
numbers of students who may soon be forced to drop out of college
due to unpaid bills, according to a recent survey (“Unpaid College
Tuition Bills Rise, Survey Finds,” U.S. News & World
Report, Jan. 9, 2009).
The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and ...
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If recent data is any indication, families are struggling to come up
with the cash they need to send their children to college, and
schools across the country are doing something to help those who’ve
come up short, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education (“Colleges
Offer Extra Aid to Strapped Students,” Jan. 9, 2009).
During ...
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Zac Bissonnette is living the blogger’s dream, getting paid to write
for TheDailyBeast.com and AOL’s WalletPop.com, and now landing a
book deal that may be just the ticket for helping him weather a
dismal job market in one of the worst recessions in history
(“Student Morphs Blog Into Book Deal,” Amherst Bulletin, Jan. 2, ...
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