Tuition
Education
A National Roundup
N.Y. Judge Denies Request by Mother for Tuition Aid
A New York state judge has denied a mother’s attempt to win public money to finance her children’s private school tuition.
Law & Courts
Court: Maine Aid Program Can Bar Religious Schools
School districts in Maine are not required by the U.S. Constitution to pay tuition for students at religious high schools even when they pay for secular private schools.
School Choice & Charters
Tuition at Independent Schools Continues to Rise
Several of the nation’s most elite private schools have started charging a whopping $25,000 or more per child this school year.
School Choice & Charters
Tuition Keeps Rising, But Some Students Pay Less
Annual tuition and fees at the nation's colleges and universities jumped once again last year—14 percent at public institutions and 6 percent at private ones. Yet the new data on tuition also show that many students are helped by grant money that has held down—and in some cases, reduced—the net price of a college education over the past decade.
Equity & Diversity
States Debate In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students
As college tuition rates march upward, lawmakers in about a dozen states are divided over measures that would make it easier for undocumented immigrant students to qualify for in-state tuition rates.
School Choice & Charters
Market Sag, Tuition Spike Batter Savings Plans
Faced with the two-pronged pickle of rising tuition and investment woes of their own, a number of the 20 states with prepaid-tuition programs have approved or are considering raising the prices they charge families to enroll.
School Choice & Charters
College Students Strain to Cover Rising Tuition at Public Institutions
The image of the affordable, accessible four-year state university is taking a beating these days, battered by reports of spiraling costs and looming debts that confront students and their families at every turn. Includes two charts, "Digging Deeper for College."
Equity & Diversity
Colleges
Texas and California lawmakers recently decided to allow undocumented immigrants to pay lower, in-state tuition for college. But New York City has moved in the opposite direction.
Immigrants and Tuition
Texas and California lawmakers recently decided to allow undocumented immigrants to pay lower, in-state tuition for college. But New York City has moved in the opposite direction.
School Choice & Charters
College Tuition Rising But Still 'Affordable,' Experts Say
Tuition at public and private colleges is rising, and while a record amount of financial aid is available, more students than ever are relying on loans rather than grants to pay for their educations, the College Board says in a pair of new reports.
Equity & Diversity
Undocumented Grads to Get Tuition Breaks From Calif. Institutions
Undocumented immigrants who graduate from California high schools can now qualify to pay in-state college tuition, under a new state law.
School Choice & Charters
New Reports Debate Ariz. Tuition Tax Credits
Two Washington groups on opposite sides of the battle over public financing for private schooling released dueling reports last week on Arizona's 4-year-old tuition-tax-credit program.
School Choice & Charters
St. Louis Plan for Free Private Schools in Doubt
A group of St. Louis pastors is racing against the clock to open a cluster of inner-city private schools that will charge no tuition to low-income families. But the ambitious plan hinges on an apparently unprecedented financing scheme: using federal child-care money to operate a school.
School Choice & Charters
College Board Reports 'Modest' Increases In Tuition
College tuition has increased modestly at both private and public institutions since last year, according to a College Board report released last week.