college affordability Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/college-affordability/ A Blog by ACE Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png college affordability Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/college-affordability/ 32 32 Research Meets Practice at UW-Madison Student Success Lab https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/02/20/research-meets-practice-uw-madison-student-success-lab/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:00:16 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14418 The University of Wisconsin-Madison this month celebrated the grand opening of its Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, an initiative that brings research and practice together through projects that address specific needs on campus in collaboration with staff who work directly with students. The SSTAR Lab, which is housed in the Office of Student Financial Aid, may be the first ...

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]]> Southern New Hampshire University, Other Institutions Commit to Helping DACA Students Afford College https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/04/04/southern-new-hampshire-university-institutions-commit-helping-daca-students-afford-college/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:15:00 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=12361 Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is one of the latest higher education institutions to dedicate resources toward helping undocumented students afford college. SNHU will provide 1,000 students protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy with full scholarships to pursue bachelor’s or associate’s degrees over the next five years. The cost of tuition is too often a barrier preventing ...

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]]> Live Like a Student: UNI’s Financial Literacy Strategy Reduces Student Debt https://www.higheredtoday.org/2018/01/03/live-like-student-unis-financial-literacy-strategy-reduces-student-debt/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:54:40 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=11495 By Mark A. Nook In 2008, Iowa’s college and university graduates held the second highest average amount of student loan debt in the United States. Average student debt eclipsed $28,000 that year, marking the latest in a trend of rising debt among Iowa graduates. We saw this play out at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI); of those who borrowed, graduates ...

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]]> How Should We Think About College Affordability? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/05/16/think-college-affordability/ Tue, 16 May 2017 11:00:48 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=9270 By Sandy Baum Headlines like “5 Reasons College Has Become Unaffordable For The Masses” or “Why Is College Education Unaffordable for So Many Americans Today? What Should Be Done About This?” start from the premise that many, if not most, people cannot afford a college education. Some reports have even suggested that the expense is out of reach for high-income families. ...

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]]> Temple University-APLU Completion Grants Will Help Low-Income Students Graduate https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/02/22/temple-university-aplu-completion-grants-will-help-low-income-students-graduate/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:02:43 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=8059 A nearly $4 million Department of Education (ED) grant will enable Temple University, in collaboration with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), to undertake an initiative focused on small-dollar grants to help cash-strapped, low-income students complete their degrees. The five-year project, led by Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor of higher education in Temple’s College of Education, and Shari Garmise, vice ...

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]]> Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating the Cost of College https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/02/17/scylla-charybdis-navigating-cost-college/ Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:00:34 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=7980 By Geoffrey L. Brackett One of my favorite episodes in Homer’s Odyssey is one of the most fearsome. It involves the sailing between the mysterious cave-dwelling monster Scylla and the terrifying, ship-destroying whirlpool known as Charybdis. There is something about having to manage two supernatural threats at once that makes Odysseus’ journey all the more frightening. Most executive leaders in higher education ...

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]]> Richmond Joins Effort to Recruit, Graduate More Lower-income Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/01/13/richmond-joins-effort-recruit-graduate-lower-income-students/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:36:33 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=7536 By Ronald Crutcher, president of the University of Richmond Much has been made in recent years—and in the wake of the presidential election—of the problem of economic inequality in America. Opportunity is central to the American narrative, and education is an essential component of opportunity. To increase avenues of possibility in higher education, the University of Richmond recently joined 30 of ...

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]]> To Boost Retention, GSU Gives “Just-In-Time” Grants to At-Risk Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2016/05/11/to-boost-retention-gsu-gives-just-in-time-grants-to-at-risk-students/ Wed, 11 May 2016 18:17:36 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=4954 Nearly a decade ago, Georgia State University (GSU) had an institutional graduation rate of just 32 percent. And low-income students receiving Pell Grants fared even worse, with rates around 15 percent. Instead of accepting these low retention rates, GSU began to investigate ways to help the students being left behind. It started with data. GSU found that those who earned a ...

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]]> The Price We Pay for Bad Data on College Costs https://www.higheredtoday.org/2016/04/27/the-price-we-pay-for-bad-data-on-college-costs/ Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:33:39 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=4866 By Matthew Soldner This post is the first in a series introducing three background papers prepared for a roundtable on financial data in higher education convened by ACE and the TIAA Institute. The report from the convening, Evolving Higher Education Business Models, is also available for downloading. Institutional leaders—along with most students, families, educators and advocates—know that colleges and universities today face a ...

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]]> University of Baltimore Offering Free Final Semester, Aims to Increase Degree Completion https://www.higheredtoday.org/2014/04/08/university-of-baltimore-offering-free-final-semester-aims-to-increase-degree-completion/ Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:13:57 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=1438 The University of Baltimore is taking an innovative approach to increase its four-year completion rate through a new program called Finish4Free. Under the initiative announced last week by President Robert L. Bogomolny, the university will pay for the final semester of tuition for all incoming undergraduate freshmen, both out of state and in-state, on the condition that they graduate within four ...

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]]> From Colorado State: Where Do My Tuition Dollars Go? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2013/09/11/from-colorado-state-where-do-my-tuition-dollars-go/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:57:33 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=485 Colorado State University President Tony Frank and recent CSU graduate Karina Mullen explain the costs covered by tuition and fees for Colorado residents, the financial contribution made by the state of Colorado, and the return on investment which the typical student may see.

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