Public Colleges In State Facing Double Trouble
With the economy in recession and interest from prospective students surging, officials at many public colleges and universities are expecting a boost in enrollment next fall.

Nevada colleges & universities earn a failing grade
Our nation's colleges are failing when it comes to affordability. A new education report card is out from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.

Combining Georgia colleges a way to save?
ATLANTA - Combining some historically black colleges and universities with their once-segregationist counterparts could provide some savings as the state battles a budget deficit that could top $2 billion, a key lawmaker said Monday. At a meeting exploring higher education spending, Senate Higher Education Committee Chairman Seth Harp, R-Midland, floated the idea of combining historically ...

Colleges charging tuition based on majors
Now, more than ever, the price you pay for a college degree is linked with what you choose to study. Universities are increasingly charging more tuition and fees for certain majors in an effort to cover costs for programs that are more expensive to offer.

Willcox High School renews accreditation
Willcox High School students can be assured their credits will transfer if they have to change schools, and they are also better off when planning to attend four-year colleges and universities or join the military, said accreditation coordinator Shirley Ortega.

Report: Enrollment steady despite tuition hikes
Recent increases in tuition and fees at Oklahoma's colleges and universities has had no significant impact on enrollment patterns over the last year, according to a new report.

Area colleges trying to keep costs down
In the wake of a national report that flunks all but one state on the affordability of college, officials at Jackson-area colleges said they're doing what they can to make higher education accessible.

Studies link part-time college faculty to worse education
It's no secret that colleges and universities are relying increasingly on part-time instructors or other faculty who are neither tenured nor on track for tenure.

FVSU Questions College Mergers
Shrinking budgets have forced Georgia lawmakers to get creative with cutting costs at state colleges and universities. Republican State Senator Seth Harp recently proposed merging two historically black colleges and universities with predominately white institutions.

Combining colleges a way to save?
A lawmaker suggests merging black colleges and local universities.

State Budget Cuts Affect Augusta State University
Georgia colleges and universities will feel the pinch, once again. Wednesday, the state?s Board of Regents approved another budget cut. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

Schools looking at cuts
In an effort to curb diminishing economies in their states, officials have asked many Big Ten schools to cut their funding. Iowa, Penn State, Michigan, and Illinois - and possibly others - are all required to cut millions of dollars from their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.

Maine college endowments take hit
Maine's private colleges are monitoring their endowments and taking steps to trim spending in the hope of weathering a global economic crisis that's threatening the financial stability of public and private colleges and universities across the nation.

State's community colleges score high in affordability
California's vast system of inexpensive community colleges has earned the state the top ranking ? and the only passing grade in the nation ? in a new analysis of America's college affordability.

King bill to require all schools to be ready for tragedy
Colorado could become the first state in the nation to require all schools, colleges and universities to prepare for horrific incidents, such as shootings.

Whitehaven News
FOURTEEN years ago our teacher training course was launched to meet a need in West Cumbria. At the time we were a long distance away from teacher training colleges or universities and there was a dearth of trainees in our schools.

Ohio public college, university chiefs meeting with Gov. Ted Strickland on tough budget forecast
Click here to download pdf.The presidents of Ohio's public colleges and universities will meet in Columbus this afternoon to start sorting out how the gloomy state budget forecast could affect their students. Higher education, which for two years has...

Colleges charging tuition based on majors
ASU is expanding on this national tuition trend.

Study says cheating is on the rise at US schools
Dishonest habits are on the rise in schools according to a new national study, and local educators say the temptation to cheat may be particularly strong for Georgia students concerned about obtaining state college scholarships.

Two-year colleges chasing more bachelor's degrees
With increasing pressure to up the production of four-year degrees in Washington state, a few community and technical colleges have been adding baccalaureate programs to their course catalogs -- and they'd like to add even more.