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Public Colleges Turn to Tuition Increases to Offset Budget Squeezes (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Budgetary stresses of the past year have left many public colleges financially weaker, despite above-average increases in enrollment and growth in tuition revenue per student, a new report from Moody's Investors Service shows. The report, "U.S. Public University Medians for Fiscal Year 2009 Show Tuition Pricing Power Amidst Rising Challenges," also highlights how colleges' debt burdens have continued...

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Mr. Rogers’ Bloggerhood – Guest Blogger Wyatt Frasier

On occasion I like to have a guest blogger come and give a unique perspective on higher education. This blog will focus on a particular service academy and an experience one of our Utah students had visiting it. Wyatt Frasier is entering his final year at Bountiful High and shares his experience at the West Point Military...

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Utah colleges try to keep up with enrollment surge

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Administrators at some of Utah's colleges are working on one very complex math problem. While it's great to see so many students furthering their education, the surge has been so great that some schools fear they may have to cap enrollment. "It's not in the best interests of the state to turn people away from...

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Seven Things You Could Do With Summer Vacation

Yessssssssssssssss! Summer is here! Vacation: possibly the sweetest word in the English language (or if you speak other languages, Ferien, vacances, vacanza, and διακοπές--all translations courtesy of BabelFish, not my less-than-extensive linguistic training). If you are one of those lucky people who actually gets to enjoy an honest-to-goodness summer vacation, here are some ideas to help...

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Colleges not training students for careers that are growing (USA Today)

WASHINGTON — The United States economy is in serious danger from a growing mismatch between the skills that will be needed for jobs being created and the educational backgrounds (or lack thereof) of would-be workers. That is the conclusion of a mammoth analysis of jobs data being released today by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

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