Posts Tagged ‘tuition’

round-up: news you can use

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The DOE has announced 31 new charter schools for fall 2010 and, not coincidentally, a shiny new (charter school) common app due April 1. [TheInsideSCOOP]. Not everyone loves charter schools. [NYC Public School Parents]

Columbia has switched to the Common App, just like U Chicago did. [Bwog] So have U Conn, U Mich, St. John’s College, and Yeshiva. [Common App]

School budget cuts–ouch! [GothamSchools] Also (more) excruciating (than ever): Harvard and Stanford tuition. [Daily Intel]

Constance McMillen’s prom case went before a judge today (with mixed results); her anti-discrimination suit is already having a ripple effect in Southern schools. [AP, GLSEN Blog]

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q & a news you can use

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Two nice Times Q & As this week:

1. Clara Hemphill on NYC public school admission (3 parts):

“There is no quality control on the information the schools provide about themselves. It’s next to impossible to transfer schools, so you need to kick the tires and look under the hood of any school before you enroll.”

2. Mark Kantrowitz on the FAFSA and financial aid (7 parts):

“[Y]ou should submit the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE form even if you think you won’t qualify for aid[,] because many families underestimate their eligibility for need-based aid. This is especially true at the colleges that require the PROFILE, since they tend to be among the more expensive colleges.”

And check out this one from September.

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public universities, out-of-staters

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

US News & World Report, self-appointed grande dame of rankings, just published a list of the best colleges for out-of-state students. Because the list is based entirely on percentages of out-of-staters at each school, its utility is limited–i.e., it doesn’t actually tell you anything about out-of-state admissions/ financial aid standards, proximity to major airports, costs, quality of life, academics, graduation rates, or basically anything else of any concern to you. But it’s worth looking at. Interesting finds: most U of Delaware and U of Vermont (UVM) students are from out-of-state; fewer than 10% of Berkeley and U of Texas students are.

The list also confirms reports that public universities are now taking more out-of-staters (because out-of-staters pay more).

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UC tuition hike

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Public universities are responding to the economic crisis in a bunch of different, awful (although not necessarily worse than their alternatives) ways. The New York Times reports tonight that tuition will go up 32% for University of California undergrads (that means Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, etc). From the article:

“Rodrigo Verdugo, 18, a freshman at the San Marcos campus and the first in his family to go to college, carried a sign that said ‘no fee hikes.’ He said he worried that if his parents, migrant farm workers from Mexico, could not afford state university fees, his younger siblings ‘might have to work in the fields, too, if this becomes so expensive.’”

And from the SF Chronicle:

“Regent Eddie Island had never voted for a fee increase before, but said the budget crisis was so severe he had no choice.

‘I understand the burden that fee increases place on students and their families,’ he told the board. ‘Some people around this table were poor and had very humble beginnings. But we’ve got to balance the budget. I believe the increases are now necessary.’”

No news yet on how out-of-state tuition will be affected. Stay tuned.

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