tuition
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| Colleges see a slowdown in tuition price increases | Average sticker prices at the nation's four-year public universities rose 2.9% this year, the smallest annual increase in more than three decades, suggesting that the steeper increases over the past few years "did not signal a new era of accelerating prices," says a report out… |
2013-10-23 | |
| UW tuition: What’s behind the rising costs? | Before prices were frozen in the spring, tuition for a year of undergraduate education at the University of Washington had grown at five times the rate of inflation over the last decade — an increase of 150 percent. |
2013-09-24 | |
| 4 universities in state make national best-deal list | Four Washington public universities have made Washington Monthly magazine’s list of 100 “Best Bang for the Buck” schools in the nation. The University of Washington’s Seattle campus is 19th on the list. Western Washington University is 54th, Central Washington University 70th and… |
2013-09-16 | |
| On Bus Tour, Obama Seeks to Shame Colleges Into Easing Costs | President Obama deplored the rising costs of college on Thursday as he tried to shame universities into holding down prices. He held out the prospect of more federal student aid if they did. |
2013-08-23 | |
| Obama signs bill lowering student loan rates | President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader, concerted fight to rein in the costs of a college education. |
2013-08-12 | |
| Editorial: College trust fund for students needs scrutiny | WHILE Congress wrestles student-loan rates that soared to 6.8 percent down to 3.8 percent, a Washington state lawmaker has another idea for reducing college costs. |
2013-08-01 | |
| Congress approves student loan plan | The millions of college students and parents who will borrow money from the federal government for the coming school year can plan on much lower interest rates than originally offered, as the U.S. House overwhelmingly voted 392 to 31 on Wednesday to approve a Senate plan that would allow… |
2013-08-01 | |
| Could college loan bill increase student costs? | The bill, which the Senate passed 81-18, would tie student loan rates to the government’s borrowing costs. Rates would be pegged to the 10-year Treasury note, plus 2.05 percentage points for undergraduate students, 3.6 percentage points for graduate students and 4.6 percentage points for parent… |
2013-07-26 | |
| Senate Approves College Student Loan Plan Tying Rates to Markets | The Senate on Wednesday approved a bipartisan plan that would tie interest rates for college student loans to the financial markets, bringing Congress close to finally resolving a dispute that caused rates to double on July 1. But the 81-18 vote, which drew overwhelming support from… |
2013-07-25 | |
| Most WWU students won’t see tuition increase next year | Tuition will not increase next year for resident undergrads at Western Washington University—who make up approximately 88 percent of WWU’s student body—according to the university’s 2013-2014 operating budget, approved last week by its board of trustees. |
2013-07-23 |