2006

John Edwards Talks About the Need for Greater Access to College (7/7/2006)

New Laws on the Books (7/7/2006)

Poll Finds the Public Opposes Government Interference in Academe (6/16/2006)

Working-Class Students Feel the Pinch (6/9/2006)

Education Dept. Announces Guidelines for New Student Grant Program (5/12/2006)

Elite Colleges Lag in Serving the Needy (5/12/2006)

At Clarke, Every Student Matters, Particularly to the Bottom Line (4/7/2006)

Colorado Debates How to Send More At-Risk Students to College (3/10/2006)

A Losing Strategy? Looking to Out-of-State Students to Close Budget Gaps Backfires for Some Public Colleges (1/27/2006)

2005

States Rethink Popular Aid Plans (9/9/2005)

How Much Is Too Much? (10/21/2005)

Public Colleges Tame Costs of Tuition (10/28/2005)

Tuition: Smaller Increases Are a Cause for Optimism (1/7/2005)

2004

Public Colleges See a 10% Rise in Tuition for 2004-5 (10/29/2004)

Kerry Offers Proposals to Hold Down Tuition Costs (7/9/2004)

Top Public Universities Said to Lose in Aid Plan (6/4/2004)

States Continued to Increase Spending on Student Aid in 2002-3, Survey Finds (5/28/2004)

Plan to Punish Big Increases in Tuition Is Dropped (3/12/2004)

States Move to Limit Increases in Tuition (3/5/2004)

Tying Tuition to the CPI: Why It Doesn't Add Up (2/20/2004)

A House Divided Over Tuition-Control Bill (1/23/2004)

2003

Loan Guarantors May Ask Students to Pay More (12/5/2003)

A Union Without a Contract (11/21/2003)

A Happy Medium: A Compromise on Reviewing the Work of Tenured Professors Satisfies Everyone (11/14/2003)

Public-College Tuition Rise Is Largest in 3 Decades (10/31/2003)

Republican Introduces Bill to Penalize Colleges for Tuition Increases (10/24/2003)

Republican Introduces Bill to Penalize Colleges for Tuition Increases (10/24/2003)

Education Tax Credits Fall Short, Study Finds (10/24/2003)

Congressional Plan to Penalize Colleges for Tuition Increases Is Criticized (10/3/2003)

Tuition Is Up 11.5% at Community Colleges, Survey Finds; State Budget Cuts Are Blamed (9/26/2003)

Same Classroom, Different Price: Colleges Debate Ways to Vary Tuition Among Students and Increase Revenue (9/19/2003)

Prepaid-Tuition Plans Feel the Pinch (9/12/2003)

Students Face Another Year of Big Tuition Increases in Many States (8/15/2003)

California's Public Universities Adopt Steep Tuition Increases (7/25/2003)

Texas Legislature Gives Public Colleges the Power to Set Tuition (6/13/2003)

High Stakes on Tuition (5/2/2003)

Bill Would Penalize Colleges That Increase Tuition Sharply (3/14/2003)

Ohio Governor Calls for a Cap on Tuition Raises (2/28/2003)

North Carolina and Texas Try to Buck Trend of Tuition Increases (2/21/2003)

2002

Skyrocketing Public-College Tuition Renews Calls for Better Policies (10/25/2002)

Report Urges Disciplined Spending by States to Make College More Affordable (5/10/2002)

N.Y. Governor Backs Plan to Help Some Illegal Immigrants (5/3/2002)

Students at Public Colleges Brace for Large Tuition Increases (3/22/2002)

Study Charts Reasons for Tuition Increases (3/1/2002)

Immigrants Receive Break at U. of Calif. (1/25/2002)

Report on College Access Angers Private Institutions (1/18/2002)

2001

States Take Diverging Approaches on Tuition Rates for Illegal Immigrants (11/30/2001)

Tuitions Rise Sharply, and This Time Public Colleges Lead the Way (11/2/2001)

Thou Shalt Not Charge Tuition (9/28/2001)

Colleges Spend More Than They Charge in Tuition, Study Finds (8/10/2001)

Public Colleges Feel Impact of the Economic Downturn (7/20/2001)

Clemson Trustees Vote to Raise In-State Tuition by Nearly 42% (6/29/2001)

Minnesota Legislature Considers Bill to Revamp Tuition-Reciprocity Deals (5/4/2001)

State Spending on Student Aid Spiked 12.6% in 1999-2000, Study Finds (4/27/2001)

New Report Warns of the Dangers of Tuition Discounting (1/26/2001)

Texas Governor Proposes Radical Shift in College Financing (1/12/2001)

2000

Maryland Tuition Policy Nixed by State's Highest Court (11/24/2000)

Tuition Surges at Public Colleges After Years of Modest Increases (9/22/2000)

Aid Program for District of Columbia Students Is Expanded Nationwide (5/19/2000)

Michigan Legislator Leads Petition Drive to Create Tuition Tax Credits (5/12/2000)

Worldwide Tuition Increases Send Students Into the Streets (5/5/2000)

Boom in Savings Plans Is Changing the Way Families Pay for College (4/14/2000)

A Grand National Assessment of College Costs Is Cut to Scale (4/7/2000)

Senate Passes Bill to Extend Tuition Tax Breaks (3/24/2000)

Cooper Union Turns to Its Real Estate to Avoid Having to Charge Tuition (3/24/2000)

Lawmakers Warn Colleges to Keep Their Prices Within Reach (2/18/2000)

States Criticized for Emphasis on Merit Scholarships (2/4/2000)

California Governor Seeks Big Budget Increases for Higher Education (1/21/2000)

Williams College Freezes Tuition at $31,520 (1/14/2000)

1999

Chapel Hill Trustees Vote to Raise Tuition to Increase Faculty Pay (11/5/1999)

SUNY Won't Raise Fees or Cut Academics to Close Budget Gap (11/5/1999)

In New Mexico, Too Many Scholarships, Too Few Lottery Funds (11/5/1999)

Dashed Hopes for Increasing Access to Higher Education (10/22/1999)

Web Site Lets Students Bid for a Degree (10/1/1999)

Tax Break for Michigan Students Triggers Fight Between Governor and Legislators (9/24/1999)

U.S. Navy and West Virginia Offer Free-Tuition Deal to State Residents (9/17/1999)

HOPE Funds Said to Aid Students and Politicians (9/17/1999)

Virginia's Private Colleges Compete for Students in Wake of Public-Tuition Cut (9/10/1999)

Legislatures and Public Colleges Wrangle Over Tuition and Fees (9/10/1999)

Senate Panel Passes Tax Bill With Key Benefits for Colleges (7/30/1999)

States Resist Efforts to Tighten Eligibility for Merit Scholarships (7/30/1999)

House Committee Approves Legislation With Tax Breaks for College Expenses (7/23/1999)

Significant Tuition Increase Is Set for N.C. Community Colleges (7/9/1999)

Lawmakers Talk of Deal on D.C. Tuition-Aid Bill (7/2/1999)

States Make Healthy Increases in Spending on Higher Education (6/25/1999)

House Passes Tuition Break for D.C. Residents (6/4/1999)

Senate Panel Approves Education Tax Breaks (5/28/1999)

Student-Aid Program in Washington Ruled Unconstitutional (5/28/1999)

New Tax Credits Are Changing the Economics of Student Aid (5/21/1999)

Washington State Lawmakers Relinquish Some Tuition-Setting Power to Colleges (5/21/1999)

College and Student Lobbyists Press for Benefits in New Tax Legislation (5/14/1999)

Controversial Bill to Waive Natives' Tuition Moves Through Hawaiian Legislature (4/30/1999)

House Panel Backs Measure to Cut College Costs for District of Columbia Residents (4/23/1999)

2 New Tax Credits Spell Confusion as April 15 Arrives (4/16/1999)

Copying Georgia's HOPE: States That Are Weighing Tuition-Scholarship Proposals (4/16/1999)

Seeking Dollars to Further Their Dreams, Scholarship Supporters Push for Lotteries (4/16/1999)

Belmont U.'s Delicate Balance: Affordability vs. Quality (3/26/1999)

Tuition Increases Continue to Outpace Inflation at Many Private Institutions (3/26/1999)

Washington Lawmakers Reject Governor's Tuition-Setting Plan (3/19/1999)

Virginia Lawmakers Approve a 20% Cut in Public-College Tuition (3/12/1999)

Federal Court Upholds U. of Oregon's Policy on Mandatory Student Fees (3/5/1999)

Governor Opposes Plan by U. of Massachusetts to Increase Tuition and Fees (2/19/1999)

States Rush to Set Up Programs to Help Families Save for College Costs (2/19/1999)

Budget Plan for Education Focuses on Schools, Not Colleges (2/12/1999)

Clinton Wants D.C. Residents to Get Tuition Break in Md. and Va. (2/12/1999)

Many Governors Are Making College Issues Prominent in 1999 Legislative Sessions (2/12/1999)

Tax credits for higher education, at a glance (1/29/1999)

2 New Tax Credits Create Costly Tasks for College Officials (1/29/1999)

Senate Bill Would Let Graduate Students Deduct Some Tuition Aid From Taxes (1/29/1999)

Magazine Ranks States' College-Savings and Prepaid-Tuition Programs (1/22/1999)

U.S. Proposes Regulations for People Claiming New Tuition Tax Credits (1/15/1999)

Report Urges States Not to Cut Spending on Colleges Because of Federal Tax Credits (1/15/1999)

Colleges Hope 1999 Legislatures Will Provide Financial Security (1/8/1999)

1998

Riley Urges Colleges Not to Raise Tuition or Lower Aid in Response to Tax Credits (12/18/1998)

Oregon Voters Reject Measure Needed for Prepaid-Tuition Plan (12/11/1998)

North Carolina Board Votes to Seek More Say Over Tuition (11/27/1998)

Yeshiva U. Criticized for Letting American Express Pay for Mailing About Tuition (3/20/1998)

Survey Finds Growth in Tuition 'Discounting' by Private Colleges (3/13/1998)

Many Private Colleges Are Boasting of Smallest Tuition Increases in Years (3/13/1998)

Will New Federal Tax Breaks Hurt California's Colleges? (3/6/1998)

Recent Shifts on Aid by Elite Colleges Signal New Push to Help the Middle Class (3/6/1998)

Will Federal Tax Breaks Hurt California's Colleges? (3/6/1998)

Students Sue Over Activity Fees at U. of Minnesota (2/13/1998)

University of Minnesota May Alter Tuition Break Used to Recruit Minority Students (2/6/1998)

U.S. Panel Warns Colleges to Cut Costs or Risk an 'Erosion of Public Trust (1/30/1998)

Some Private Colleges May Cut Awards to Students Receiving Hope Scholarships (1/9/1998)

A College Returns to Its Roots by Recruiting Appalachia's Poorest (1/9/1998)

1997

The Finger-Pointing Begins Over the Work of a Federal Panel on College Costs (12/19/1997)

Republican Pressure Leads to Shift in Study of Higher-Education Costs (12/12/1997)

The Politicking and Policy Making Behind a $40-Billion Windfall (11/28/1997)

HOPE Scholarships Transform the University of Georgia (11/7/1997)

Treasury Department Explains Requirements for Colleges on New Tax Credits (10/31/1997)

Saint Francis College to Offer Seniors Free Tuition (10/24/1997)

Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Split on Student Aid (10/24/1997)

Clark Atlanta U. Students Left Without Tuition Aid (10/17/1997)

New Tax Breaks for Students May Require Extensive Reporting by Colleges to the IRS (10/10/1997)

Massachusetts Considers Mixing Federal and State Aid to Cut Costs at 2-Year Colleges (9/26/1997)

California Legislature Votes to Reduce Tuition by 5% (9/26/1997)

Mass. Plan Would End Tuition and Fees at 2-Year Colleges (8/15/1997)

7 Private Colleges Hope to Broaden Use of Prepaid-Tuition Plans (8/12/1997)

Budget Deal Gives Higher Education Biggest Aid Jump in Decades (8/8/1997)

Many State Legislatures Give Good News to Higher Education (8/8/1997)

GOP Drops Plan to Tax Recipients of Some Tuition Waivers (8/1/1997)

New York Abandons Plans to Raise Tuition and Cut Student Aid (8/1/1997)

Members Named to Panel That Will Study College Costs (7/25/1997)

House Drops Plan to Tax Graduate Students' Aid (7/25/1997)

Clinton Modifies Tax Proposals to Meet Criticisms (7/11/1997)

Sweeping Budget Plans, Including Tax Breaks for Tuition, Advance in Congress (7/3/1997)

Graduate Students Are Furious Over Plan to Tax Tuition Waivers (6/27/1997)

Senate Tax Plan Favors Colleges More Than House Version Does (6/27/1997)

Republicans Push Alternative to President Clinton's Tax Plan (6/20/1997)

Clinton Revises Plan for Helping Families Pay for College (6/13/1997)

House Panel Backs Creation of Commission on College Costs (5/16/1997)

Budget Deal Includes New Tax Breaks and Larger Pell Grants (5/16/1997)

Key Republican Pushes for Congressional Panel on College Costs (5/2/1997)

Mass. Tries to Lure Holdout Colleges to Join Its Tuition Plan (5/2/1997)

32 States Consider Plans to Help Families Pay for College (5/2/1997)

Many Private Colleges Report Small Tuition Increases (4/4/1997)

An Admissions Policy That Considers Families' Ability to Pay (3/28/1997)

Clinton Tax Plan Greeted With Skepticism in Congress (3/14/1997)

U.S. Sells New Bonds as Investment to Help With College Costs (3/7/1997)

Clinton Rallies Support for Tax Breaks for College Tuition (3/7/1997)

South Dakota Lawmakers Try to Lure Expatriate Students Home (3/7/1997)

Participants in Florida's Prepaid-Tuition Program Grow Nervous (2/14/1997)

U. of Hawaii Struggles to Adjust to Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes (2/7/1997)

Hawaiian Lawmakers May Not Provide Aid Pledged to Universities (2/7/1997)

Adviser Says Clinton Plan for Tuition Tax Breaks Was His Idea (1/31/1997)

Republican Leaders Propose Bills to Make College Affordable (1/31/1997)

N.Y. Lawmakers Asked to Consider Allowing SUNY Tuition to Vary (1/17/1997)

1996

SUNY Gives Two-Year Colleges Flexibility on Tuition Rates (10/11/1996)

Republicans Take a Conservative Stance on Education (9/6/1996)

U.S. Gives States Nod on Prepaid-Tuition Plans (9/6/1996)

Enrollments Surge After Large Tuition Cuts at Private Colleges (8/9/1996)

Democrats Spotlight Plan to Aid Students (8/2/1996)

Bill in Texas Would Allow Public Colleges to Set Tuition Rates (6/21/1996)

IRS Announces It Will Not Tax State Prepaid-Tuition Programs (6/21/1996)

Treasury Dept. Plans New Bonds to Help Pay for College Costs (5/31/1996)

More State Legislatures Are Creating Prepaid-Tuition Programs (5/31/1996)

Florida Encourages Students to Attend Private Colleges (5/17/1996)

State Officials Veto Tuition Hike Approved by UMass Trustees (5/17/1996)

State Officials Veto Tuition Hike Approved by UMass Trustees (5/17/1996)

Republicans in Congress Start Examination of College Costs (5/3/1996)

Virginia Will Increase Budgets for Colleges (3/22/1996)

U. of Hawaii System Faces Period of Deep Retrenchment (3/15/1996)

Fla. Regents Raise Tuition for Students Who Take Extra Classes (2/23/1996)

Clinton Urges Colleges to Limit Tuition Increases (2/16/1996)

Pine Manor College Will Cut In-State Tuition (2/2/1996)

North Carolina Wesleyan to Slash Tuition by 23% Next Year (1/19/1996)

1995

Muskingum College Plans $4,000 Cut in Tuition (12/1/1995)

U. of Hawaii Struggles to Scale Back Tuition-Waiver Program (12/1/1995)

Michigan Reinstates Its Prepaid-Tuition Program (11/3/1995)

Michigan Expected to Revive Prepaid-Tuition Plan in New Form (9/8/1995)

New Law Gives Michigan Power Over Colleges in the State (8/18/1995)

Virginia Officials Propose 2-Year Freeze on Tuition (8/11/1995)

Bank Sues Florida Over Method Used in Prepaid-Tuition Program (7/28/1995)

Texas Governor Signs Bill Creating Prepaid-Tuition Program (6/30/1995)

Lawmakers Request Investigation of College-Tuition Increases (6/23/1995)

IRS Drops Effort to Tax Michigan's Prepaid-Tuition Plan (5/19/1995)

States Curtail Reciprocal Tuition Breaks for Non-Residents (5/19/1995)

Slowdown in Tuition (4/21/1995)

Alaska Regents Vote to Drop Tuition Cap (3/24/1995)

State Begins Tuition-Saving Plan (2/3/1995)

Michigan Tuition Plan Wins Another Round in Court (2/17/1995)

Governor Orders $35-Million Cut for U. of Hawaii System (2/17/1995)

New York Budget Would Slash Aid for SUNY and CUNY Systems (2/10/1995)

Montana Considers Differential-Tuition Policy (2/10/1995)

Democrats Seek to Expand Tuition Tax Deduction (1/27/1995)

Nevada to Raise Tuition for Its Good Neighbors (1/27/1995)

Michigan State Poses Tuition Challenge to Lawmakers (1/13/1995)

1994

Tough Choices on Tuition: Public colleges hope efforts to control increases will be rewarded by lawmakers (12/7/1994)

A Free-Tuition Plan in New Mexico (11/16/1994)

Court Says Michigan Plan Is Not Subject to Taxes (11/16/1994)

U. of Rochester Takes a Gamble (11/2/1994)

1992

Tax on Earnings of Tuition Trust Fund Challenged by Michigan (7/1/1992)

Michigan Sells Tax-Free College-Savings Bonds (6/3/1992)

1991

Michigan Halts Sale of Prepaid-Tuition Contracts (10/2/1991)

2006

A New Indentured Class (6/30/2006)

2005

The High Cost of College: an Increasingly Hard Sell (10/21/2005)

How Should Public Colleges Price Their Product? (12/17/2004)

2004

2003

Prepaid-Tuition Plans Feel the Pinch (10/12/2003)

Grading Congress on Tuition (10/3/2003)

As Tuitions Rise, What Will Happen to Quality and Access? (9/19/2003)

Why a Public College Wants to Send In-State Tuition Soaring (4/25/2003)

2000

1999

Program Seeks Colleges That Cut Costs but Maintain Quality (4/30/1999)

Why Parents Are Paying a Smaller Share of the Tuition Bill (4/9/1999)

1998

U.S. Panel Warns Colleges to Cut Costs or Risk an 'Erosion of Public Trust' (1/30/1998)

1997

U.S. Weighs Incentives for Colleges to Limit Tuition Increases (3/21/1997)

Reports Assess Impact of Government Aid on Tuition Rates (3/14/1997)

1996

Study Links Federal Research Grants to Increases in Tuition (2/16/1996)

1993