The AP and Bloomberg report on The College Board's 2006 Trends in Higher Education Series.
The good news:
The not-so-good news:
I'm definitely going to spend some more time going through this report.
The good news:
- Tuition increases are slowing.
- Two-thirds of students are receiving some form of grant aid.
- College graduates continue to earn 60-70 percent more than workers with high school diplomas.
The not-so-good news:
- Prices at public schools are still up 35 percent in five years.
- Pell Grant aid has dropped $120 per recipient.
- Colleges and universities face reductions in non-tuition revenue (from state and local appropriations) and increases in costs (for health benefits and utilities). This has helped boost tuition.
- Students are increasingly turning to more expensive private loans to meet the cost of their education.
I'm definitely going to spend some more time going through this report.
Labels: loans
2 Comments:
The reduction of state contribution to our university (public university) is really hurting a lot of students.
Plus, they have deregulated some tuition restrictions and the top bosses at our university see that as an excuse to slap us with a new fee every damn semester. And they talk about encouraging higher education in this country. :)
Oh, fees are the most frustrating of all. Especially when you were already paying so many already.
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