tuition
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| WSU proposal would tie tuition increases to cost of living | Washington State University President Elson Floyd has proposed tying next year’s tuition increases to the cost of living — an idea that would likely mean some of the lowest tuition increases in years if the proposal was endorsed by the university’s governing board. Floyd made the proposal… |
2012-10-10 | |
| State taking new look at prepaid-tuition program | When the economy was bad, Washington state's deal on prepaid college tuition was good — so good that the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program is now underfunded by $631 million, although it expects to make up the shortfall over time. |
2012-10-03 | |
| Rising tuition, other costs could surpass $20K a year in Washington | Washington tuition rates are rising at such a rapid clip that the cost of attending a top university is projected to surpass $20,000 per year for in-state students before the end of this decade. Those numbers, produced as part of an actuarial analysis for the state's prepaid tuition… |
2012-07-24 | |
| College Financial Aid Concerns for the Not-Technically-Needy | We all know college has a hefty price tag that leaves many families up to their ears in debt. And the recession has parents more strapped for cash than ever, though many are not necessarily needy enough to qualify for financial aid. Rather than lose smart students to cheaper schools,… |
2012-07-24 | |
| Amazon Offers Tuition Payment in Nursing, Aircraft Mechanics | Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) will offer pre-paid tuition for some employees to study areas such as aircraft mechanics, nursing and computer-aided design, stepping up efforts to retain workers ahead of the holiday shopping season. |
2012-07-23 | |
| Higher fees add to college cost for Wash. students | Talk about rising college costs has centered on double-digit tuition increases, but tuition is only one part of the sticker shock awaiting students at Washington's four-year colleges and universities. |
2012-07-20 | |
| Study: Parents paying less of students' college tuition, fees | Kaylee Ortega is piecing together ways to pay for college at the University of Colorado this fall: She's waiting tables and running the cash register at a diner, securing scholarships and taking out student loans. |
2012-07-17 | |
| Parents pull back on college spending, study finds | Families have implemented more cost-saving strategies to cut college spending in the past academic year, choosing less expensive schools and finding more economical ways for students to attend. |
2012-07-16 | |
| State actuary reports on health of prepaid college tuition program | Even after raising prices by the biggest amount in its history, the state's prepaid college tuition program remains popular enough with parents to put it "roughly on track" to be fully funded in 17 years, state risk analysts said Thursday. |
2012-06-29 | |
| Senate leaders say they have student loan deal | The Senate's top Democrat and Republican said Tuesday, June 26, that they've reached a deal that would prevent interest rates on college loans from doubling beginning this weekend for millions of students. But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has yet to decide whether the pact will… |
2012-06-27 |