More than 400 colleges are still accepting students for the fall — and many offer financial aid
Colleges may find themselves with space available because they overestimated the amount of applications
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As Board of Regents weighs potential tuition increases, ‘is college worth it?
The Board of Regents will consider a potential increase at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University in June, bringing with it a common question: is college worth the cost?
University of Iowa graduates last full-time MBA class
In the lead-up to the school’s Saturday ceremony, representatives from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa designed a T-shirt graduating class members could buy.
Lawmakers engineer removal of ‘Dreamer’ tuition plan
The deal to offer in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants, known as “Dreamers,” looks to have been short-lived.
What the McGraw-Hill, Cengage merger means for textbook prices
When Nick Sengstaken arrived at the University of North Carolina a few years ago to start his college career, he wasn’t thinking too much about finances.
This school is now offering college-level classes on dating
In South Korea, college-level classes on dating are both popular and competitive to get in.
Austin College students solve real world problems
Austin College science, technology, engineering and math students are putting their classroom ideas to the test.
Online learning has a chief administrator — signaling a trend in distance education
A recent surge of higher ed chief administrator positions that involve spearheading web initiatives reveals that online learning is now mainstream
More colleges are adopting pet-friendly policies
“I grew up as an only child in a very pet-friendly household. We’ve never not had a dog in the house,” says 20-year-old Colin Hilliard, a junior at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. “College was the first time that I’d been away from home … so it was extremely challenging for me to adjust.”
Low-income college students are being taxed like trust-fund babies
A little-noticed provision in President Trump’s sprawling new tax law is treating middle- and low-income college students as if they are trust-fund babies, taxing sizable financial aid packages at a rate first established 33 years ago to prevent wealthy parents from funneling money to their children to lower their tax burdens.
