WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Reduced state spending and diminished endowment funds are making for higher college tuition for students this year, figures indicate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. colleges are entering "difficult financial times" as state funding and private giving drop, a non-profit higher-education association official says.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. public colleges increasingly tack on fees as state support for higher education drops and lawmakers shy away from tuition hikes, it was reported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Tuition fees at state colleges and universities across the United States increased an average of 7.1 percent last year, a College Board survey found.
TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- New Jersey may expand a free-tuition program for top high school students at community colleges to pay their way when they transfer to four-year institutions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Taxpayer-funded universities hiked tuition an average 10.5 percent this year, more than four times the inflation rate, the New York Times reported Saturday.
MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Tuition rates are rising rapidly at the nation's colleges and universities and there's a growing division about what to do concerning the problem.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Tuition at the nation's colleges and universities has soared in the past year, a new study showed Tuesday. The report blames sharp drops in state spending for higher education because of budget deficits caused by the sluggish economy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) --
BETHANY, W.Va., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Bethany College, a 161-year-old private liberal arts college in an area hard hit by an economic slump, has cut tuition for next year's freshman class by 42 perc