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New Jersey Universities Pledge Low Tuition

Published on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college budget cuts, college tuition, tuition increases

Trenton, NJ (CollegetoCareers.com) – Holding firm against a trend that sees college tuition continue to rise, Rutgers University officials pledged to keep tuition 10 percent below the national average. The Associated Press reports that the state’s four-year universities plan to follow suit in advance of a budget deal that Gov. Chris Christie plans to pass [...]

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Miami School Offers Free Education

Published on Friday, April 1st, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, free education, higher education, scholarships, Tuition

Miami, Fla. (CollegetoCareers.com) – The nation’s largest higher education institution, Miami Dade College, recently announced its American Dream Scholarship, which would offer high school graduates with a free education. With news of tuition hikes and budget cuts spreading across the country, the Miami school’s news comes as a bit of encouragement for high school seniors [...]

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School Donation Stands Apart

Published on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, Financial Aid, online college scholarships, scholarships

Bakersfield, CA (CollegetoCareers.com) – Despite the recent budget cuts, all is not completely hopeless for higher education institutions, or so it would seem. While many universities and colleges feel obligated to cut programs and costs, which lead to higher tuition and less financial aid, help is reaching some institutions in the form of private donations [...]

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Complete Financial Aid Application Early For More Money

Published on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, fafsa, Financial Aid, student debt, tuition increases

San Francisco, CA (CollegetoCareers.com) – Education continues to suffer setbacks nationwide as budget cuts force public universities and colleges to drastically increase their tuition rates. This yields a greater effect, in turn, on student debt, which continues to skyrocket. The latest figure on student debt is somewhere around $896 billion, reports the Project on Student [...]

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University Cuts Tuition, Bucks National Trend

Published on Saturday, March 26th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, Four-year universities, Tuition rates

Memphis, Tenn. (CollegetoCareers.com) – The University of the South in Tennessee, also known as Sewanee, recently announced that it would cut its current tuition rates by 10 percent for the upcoming academic year. The college’s tuition, which currently sits at $46,000 each year, would run against the national trend of steeply increased yearly tuition. According [...]

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More Cuts for Florida College Students

Published on Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college budget cuts, college news, Prepaid college programs

Miami, FL. (CollegetoCareers.com) – Continuing a trend in nationwide budget cuts to higher education, Florida’s Senate higher education budget committee continues to feel embattled after a proposal to slash the state’s Prepaid College program. Florida senators suggested the cuts in an effort to cut costs and save state resources. Florida’s Prepaid College program is the [...]

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Washington State Raises Tuition Fees

Published on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college news, college scholarships, Enrollment fees, Increased fees, Tuition fees, Tuition spikes

Olympia, WA (CollegetoCareers.com) – Continuing a nationwide trend to account for budget cuts and deficits, Washington state officials considered a bill this week that would raise the cost of tuition for in-state college students with prior degrees or enough credits to graduate. Senate Bill 5868 was heard in a Senate Committee on Thursday and aims [...]

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Student Protests Continue Around the Country

Published on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college news, community college, Student protests

San Francisco, CA (CollegetoCareers.com) – Across the country, students have taken to storming their state capitols in protest of cuts to higher education that have been sweeping the nation. From California to Michigan, students are demanding their state legislatures to not cut money from higher education. On Monday, thousands of students, faculty members and other [...]

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How to Survive the Budget Cuts

Published on Sunday, March 20th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, College Scholarships And Grants, College Tips, federal financial aid, grants, pell grants, scholarships, state financial aid

San Francisco, CA (CollegetoCareers.com) – With the continuing cutting trend among government and universities toward college budgets, students are right to feel anxious about their academic futures. Manifesting this trend, the University of Washington recently raised tuition rates by 10 percent for students in attendance. The University of Arizona proposed a massive 22 percent hike [...]

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More Cuts Expected for Pell Grants

Published on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college budget cuts, college grants, federal pell grants, grants for college, pell grants

The Obama administration came under fire recently for proposed cuts to Pell grants, which the president made in the 2012 budget he offered to legislators last month. Although Obama supported keeping the grant at its maximum throughout his presidency, recent changes in his budget aroused tensions and criticisms from both the left and the right. [...]

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