Category: tuition

Badly Managed Cal State Should Not Raise Tuition

Commentary I feel sorry for college students today. Tuition and other costs keep going up and up. The latest: California State University is proposing at a tuition increase from $174 to $462 a year, plus future increases. Current tuition is $5,742 a year. So in fall 2024 the cost could be as high as $6,204,…


Ontario Independent Schools More Affordable Than Commonly Believed: Study

A new report from an Ontario think tank challenges the common perception that independent schooling is “reserved for the rich,” looking at how the schools set their tuition fees and what they cost. The Cardus report surveyed principals from 21 schools in Ontario—representing more than 5,600 students—and found that there are at least five ways in…


Family Finances: Use Tax Breaks to Lower College Costs

By Sandra Block From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance It’s often said that buying a house is the largest investment most of us will ever make. But if you have a couple of children, the cost of sending them to a four-year college could exceed even that big-ticket item. Three kids—or at least one with Ivy League…


Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for Free Public Colleges Over Fears Student Debt Forgiveness Will See Tuition Fees Hiked

Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna has called for public colleges to be made free due to concerns that President Joe Biden’s student loan debt cancellation program will prompt schools to hike up the prices of tuition. Rep. Khanna (D-Calif.) made the comments on Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on Aug. 30. While he voiced support for Biden’s…


Carnegie Mellon University to Give Employees $1,500 Check as Inflation Relief

Carnegie Mellon University said on Tuesday it is handing eligible employees a one-time $1,500 check to help them deal with the ongoing inflation. “The goal is to assist employees in addressing the impacts of inflation that have been so prevalent over the past several months,” CMU President Farnam Jahanian said in a message to faculty…


Texas Can’t Force Out-of-State Citizens Pay Higher College Tuition Than Illegal Immigrants: Judge

A Texas law that in effect compels citizens of the United States to pay a higher college tuition rate than illegal immigrants is unlawful, a district judge ruled last week. Under current Texas law established in 2001, a student who lives in Texas for three years and graduates from a Texas high school is entitled…


Texas Can’t Force Out-of-State Citizens to Pay Higher College Tuition Than Illegal Immigrants: Judge

A Texas law that in effect compels citizens of the United States to pay a higher college tuition rate than illegal immigrants is unlawful, a district judge ruled last week. Under current Texas law established in 2001, a student who lives in Texas for three years and graduates from a Texas high school is entitled…


Columbia University to Pay $12.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Demanding Refund for Pandemic Closure

Columbia University has agreed to pay a $12.5 million settlement with students who sued the Ivy League school for not offering a tuition refund when it moved classes online in March 2020. Like many other American colleges and universities, Columbia closed its New York City campus, moved students out of dorms, and shifted to remote…


University of California to Vote on Increasing Tuition

The University of California (UC) will decide July 22 whether to raise tuition, despite recently receiving nearly $1.3 billion in state funding. “I firmly believe keeping tuition stable within our public university system is critical, and do not support a tuition increase at this time,” Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) told The Epoch Times. “Families…