Endowments Widen a Higher Education Gap
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Americaâs already stratified system of higher education is becoming ever more so, and the chasm is creating all sorts of tensions as the less wealthy colleges try to compete.
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The renewed appetite for art as an investment is drawing attention to a small number of scholars who have been applying economics to this new asset class.
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Extra student funding would be better targeted at raising standards in school, says a financial think-tank.
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In the standoff between retirement savings and college savings, retirement wins.
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Rich prep schools, with wealthy and talented alumni to draw on, are becoming a lot richer. And itâs not just because they have a lot of generous donors.
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University and college funding in England rises 6.4% on last year to Â£7,137m to provide extra student places.
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A growing number of endowments at the nationâs independent schools have become so big that trustees have hired full-time money managers.
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Decisions by Harvard, Yale and other elite schools to make college more affordable to a larger pool of applicants might have the unintended consequence of harming less wealthy institutions and the students who attend them, some educators and financial aid experts say.
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Tuition and fees at public and private colleges and universities rose at more than double the rate of inflation, the College Board said in reports released this morning.
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Increased expenses in The Washington Post Companyâs education division offset higher revenue.
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Michigan State University senior Katie Wright worries college tuition is rising so fast that some working-class families, including her own, may soon find higher education unaffordable.
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An expansion of education legislation is sparking opposition from both sides
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By Jennifer D. Jordan, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Sep. 10--As it has in previous years, a national report finds that higher  education in Rhode Island -- and, in fact, most of the country -- is  increasingly unaffordable for most families.
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When it comes to paying for college, cash-strapped families have had a few good tidings of late. A string of elite, private colleges have announced major boosts in financial aid.
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The increases in the cost of higher education continue to drive up the amount that students and families borrow, according to a new report by the College Board.
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A vanguard group of universities is giving corporations greater access to ivory-tower laboratories â for a price.
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The proportion of degrees awarded a first or 2:1 at Liverpool University jumped this year from 63% to 72%.