Tag: public colleges


“A crisis in higher education”

Posted on November 12th, 2013

"The selective public (colleges) are just getting more and more and more expensive. And they’re pricing out large segments of the American population. " -- James Garland, Former President of Miami University

While costs at private non-profit colleges have remained stable over the past decade, the price of public universities and colleges has continued to rise, putting the very institutions aimed at providing affordable higher education out of reach for many low-income or middle-class students. Rising costs at public colleges James Garland, former president of Miami University, a […]

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Costs aren’t rising at private colleges

Posted on October 28th, 2013

Despite the recent hype over rising college costs, the net price of a private college education has remained the same over the past decade, according to a new study from The College Board published in the New York Times.

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Public universities giving wealthy more financial aid at expense of poor students

Posted on September 12th, 2013

"The whole system is constantly moving up, going upstream to get better and better students, and get students who can pay. It all looks great for the press release. But you’re systematically leaving people behind." -- Anthony Carnevale

A new investigation from ProPublica has found that public colleges and universities are increasingly giving less financial aid to poor students in favor of wealthier ones. Even through the economic recession, public schools continued to favor high-income students in favor of students who need the money the most. The chart below shows that from 1996 through 2012, […]

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