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The article reports on the College Cost Transparency Initiative which aims to increase transparency in the student financial aid letters of colleges in the U.S. Topics discussed include the importance of these financial aid packages to students, the estimated number of colleges that expressed commitment to the initiative, and the compliance of concerned colleges to standards in preparing financial aid letters.

The author discusses college costs and pricing in the U.S. Topics explored include the way college websites advertise the affordability of their tuition fees in addition to the availability of financial aid to students, the calculation of college pricing under the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, and the efforts made by the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama to improve the delivery of pricing information by colleges.

The article presents a discussion of several issues faced by universities in the Pacific West region of the U.S., focusing on ways in which decreased federal funding will impact their budgets and strategic plans. Efforts by colleges in the region to increase revenue by raising tuition are highlighted along with alterations to the student financial aid models used at the region's state-funded schools. Several statistics are provided regarding college student demographics, college costs at public and private universities, and the salaries of college teachers in states including Alaska, Oregon, and California.

The author reflects on the availability of college discounts available to students in the U.S. He cites how the shadow financial aid system known as merit aid works, however, several parents and students did not know about such discounts since schools may not explain the qualifications or hide the formula inside complex calculators. The author also explains how such system works in four universities in Massachusetts and depends on the finances of the parents.

The article discusses the issue of college affordability in the United States as of 2015. Topics addressed include introductory comments noting the growing universal acknowledgement of the problem of rising college costs but also the different implications of proposed solutions depending on one's socioeconomic background, examples of how different potential students evaluate costs, and efforts by different organizations to promote better decision-making benchmarks for applicants.

The article discusses a trend of an increasing number of appeals for more financial aid by students at U.S. colleges and universities following initial aid offers as of April 4, 2014. Topics addressed include appeals by families who experience changes to their financial circumstances following the initial aid application, as well as differences between merit and need-based aid offers.

The article discusses college tuition discount rates and examines how three private universities in the U.S. have increased admissions during an economic recession. Kentucky's Centre College has used academic guarantees to attract students and increased their selectivity when offering student aid. Campus planning and personal contact have increased applications and admissions to California Lutheran University. Changes to the financial-aid program at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland have helped increase admissions according to the college's enrollment management vice president Heidi Roller.

Discusses the June 1996 proposal of President Bill Clinton that would allow parents to choose between a $10,000 tax deduction and a $1,500 tax credit to help them pay for their child's college tuition. The complaints and worries of college leaders; The letter of six major higher-education groups to Education Secretary Richard W. Riley about the fact that the proposal did not include additional assistance to low-income students.

The article discusses the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grants that would cover 75 percent of a student's educational costs under a proposal submitted to Congress by six associations that represent the private and public colleges and universities. The proposal is meant for students who attended lower-cost public institutions, who are receiving smaller grants than on students who attended higher-cost private colleges. I

The article reports that hundreds of foreign students are being threatened by financial crises in U. S. universities and colleges. The University of Minnesota reported a doubling of student aid applications from foreign students. The financial problems of foreign students are attributed to a rapid rise in college costs as well as changes in institutional policies toward them.

The author discusses the negative effects of student merit aid on both the needy and colleges and universities in the U.S. Topics addressed include the connections between tuition fees and financial aid, ways in which financial-aid packages are allowing tuition to increase, and competition among colleges concerning student amenities and the quality of their student bodies. Also mentioned are tuition discount issues and merit aid's basis on an applicant's desirability as a student-body member.

The authors criticize the College Scorecard, an online resource from the U.S. Department of Education designed to provide students with information on college costs. They state that such information is misleading and does not address variables related to students' family income levels or possible financial aid. In response, they suggest that the resource only report the average amount of grant aid per income level rather than presenting a single net price.

The article discusses EmpowerU, an initiative planned for the Texas A&M University system which will monitor the state's public school students from kindergarten through college graduation. The article notes how the data provided through the initiative can help address issues such a high school and college dropouts, student financial aid, and college costs in the state. It also discusses how the program will enable the university system to evaluate the quality of the teachers it graduates, explores the implications for the university system's 11 branch campuses, and mentions how reasoning, content knowledge, and diversity are a focus of EmpowerU's learning goals.

The article discusses the costs of attending college, focusing on Elmhurst College in Illinois. It presents a graph that links the price of college to family income. The author considers various types of student aid, including merit aid, enrichment awards for students from underrepresented groups, and aid to students who file a U.S. Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

In this article the author examines differing views on reasons college tuition increases in the U.S. He explains that rising tuition may result from increased student demand as well as decreased federal aid to public colleges and queries the impact federal student aid subsidies, grants, and federal loans have on decisions by universities to increase tuition.

The article discusses results of a survey which shows that private colleges spent more on grant aid in 2008 than they ever have before, and that their tuition-discount rate, the difference between what students pay and the stated tuition, rose in 2008 after years of stability. Factors cited include the effects of the recession on families' ability to pay, pressure to maintain enrollment, and recruitment competition. Costs of the aid include salary and hiring freezes and staff reductions .

58: The number of private colleges that now charge at least $50,000 a year for tuition, fees, room and board, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Last year, only five colleges charged that much. Generous aid packages mean many students pay far less, the Chronicle noted. Even so, the cost of a college education has grown much faster than the costs of other goods and services -- up 4.3 percent this year at private colleges and 5.9 percent for in-state students at public schools. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the University of California's president, Mark G. Yudof, has proposed a plan that will have the university cover tuition and fees for undergraduate students whose families make less than the state's median household income. The proposal would offer eligible students grants to cover tuition at all nine of the university's undergraduate campuses. It is designed to convince low and middle-income Californians that they can afford to attend the university even in the midst of rising tuition costs.

The article profiles a reconfiguration of student financial aid at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The author reports that Harvard will make more of its own multi-billion dollar endowment available to students in need via grants, with the neediest students paying nothing at all. The author also discusses the influence of Harvard's decision for all of higher education, discussing the challenges smaller, less wealthy colleges and universities face in attempting to compete with such financial aid.

The article focuses on federal policies that make it difficult for the working poor in the United States to earn college degrees. It states that a college education is the only way for many poor people to escape poverty. It mentions a report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) stating that student aid doesn't cover thousands of dollars of individual college costs for poor working adults. Alisa F. Cunningham, managing director at IHEP said that increasing financial aid isn't the only solution. The report states that the federal financial-aid system, higher-education tax policies, and the welfare system need reforms. The report suggested colleges increase outreach programs for students from low-income families and offer more evening and weekend hours for student services.

The article examines the student loan industry in the United States. New York State's attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, is investigating stock deals between Student Loan Xpress and financial-aid officials at Columbia University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Texas at Austin. Student Loan Xpress appeared on each college's preferred-lender list. In response to Cuomo's investigation, institutions including Fordham and the University of Pennsylvania have agreed to reimburse students millions of dollars, even though none of the universities admitted any wrongdoing.

The article looks at how, as part of an expansion of a state investigation into whether student-loan providers encourage campus financial-aid administrators to steer borrowers their way, the New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has sent letters to several colleges and universities across the U.S., asking for information about how they choose the providers included on their "preferred lender" lists. In the letters, Cuomo's office requested information about any financial arrangements the colleges have with lenders, including records of any incentives loan providers have given in exchange for being placed on preferred-lender lists.

The article profiles Catalino Tapia, a gardener. As a gardener, Tapia spends his days cultivating greenery for wealthy Californians. When the sun goes down, the Mexican immigrant asks his clients to donate some of the green from their pockets so that some not-so-wealthy Californians can have a shot at a college education. So far, he and his fellow gardeners have collected $25,000 from about 125 of their customers for scholarships that will help low-income students. Tapia, who was eight when his own father died, regularly worked 14-hour days, first as a machine operator and dishwasher and later as a gardener, to put his son through college. He would like to make it easier for other families to send their kids on to higher education.

Reports that college students in virtually every state will be required to shoulder more of the cost of their education under new federal rules that govern most of the nation's financial aid. Expectation that at least 1.3 million students will receive smaller Pell Grants, the nation's primary scholarship for those of low income; Expectation that the new rules will have a domino effect across almost every type of financial aid, tightening access to billions of dollars in state and institutional grants and increasing reliance on loans to pay for college.