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Public universities
Cal State is the latest public university system to increase tuition
Sep 15, 2023
Students will pay 6% more every year for five years starting in 2024.
Community colleges hit hardest by higher-ed enrollment slump
Jan 17, 2022
Low-income students are facing bigger barriers due to pandemic-related hardships.
New York to offer free tuition at public colleges
by
Amy Scott
Apr 10, 2017
New York has become the first state to approve a “free college” plan for middle-class families. A $153 billion budget deal reached Sunday night includes a new Excelsior Scholarship. It will cover tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities for families earning up to $125,000 a year. But as any family paying for college […]
Facebook's unassuming jobs program
by
Gigi Douban
Jun 23, 2014
Facebook and other corporations are pouring money into colleges. Why?
PODCAST: Tech bubble bursting?
Apr 7, 2014
We look at the best and worst states on closing the gender pay gap. And The University of Baltimore is offering a free semester for finishing within four years.
Going for dollars, public universities are taking more out-of-state students
by
Gigi Douban
May 1, 2013
It's decision day for students, and many of them will be going out of state. Who loses in this equation?