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The article discusses how former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is utilizing budget control tactics as part of his role as the President of Purdue University, and it mentions Daniels' promotion of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and his interest-free financial aid program. College tuition costs are examined, along Purdue University's acquisition of the Kaplan University for-profit institution and Daniels' deficit-reduction plans.

The article discusses the financial difficulties and challenges of small U.S. colleges within the context of the possible closing of liberal arts college Sweet Briar in Sweet Briar, West Virginia. Topics, including college recruit of students, financial assistance, or aid, the economic conditions of students, college enrollment in public universities and college tuition costs, are discussed.

The article discusses the increasing tuition fees in the U.S. and their impact to students as of April 7, 1986. Topics discussed include the costs of education in universities and colleges, the increase in college costs as the amount of total student aid declined, the majority of funds coming from loans and not from scholarships or grants and students' borrowings at the Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL) and National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) programs. INSET: Doctors of finance.

The article offers information and a graph illustrating tuition cost increases at public and private universities in the United States from 1919 to 1998, noting that the work-equivalent cost of a college education has increased as the work-equivalent costs of other goods such as food have decreased. Other topics include inflation, comparison of public and private university costs, and the improved availability of financial aid.