The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has published a preliminary state-by-state list of maximum in-state tuition and fees, a tally that serves as an early indicator of how much the new GI Bill may cost the federal government. The numbers contain some surprises and bode well for both veterans and the private colleges they may wish to attend.
Boston Belmont University believes in the personal touch. Before freshmen start classes this fall, the Christian institution in Nashville will have had multiple personal contacts with the students...
Compensation (pay plus benefits) has grown the fastest for leaders of research institutions, many of which are larger, richer, and more complex than other kinds of institutions.
The financial crisis that began last year has shaken higher-education systems throughout the nine states in the Northeast, totting budget cuts on public universities and shrinking the endowments of the region's many private colleges.
Presidents of a number of colleges vowed in November to take a pay cut or otherwise give back part of their earnings as a way to help buffer their schools against the struggling economy.
The presidents of the nation’s major private research universities were paid a median compensation of $627,750 in the 2007-8 fiscal year — a 5.5 percent increase from the previous year — according to The Chronicle of Higher Education annual executive compensation survey.
The lower revenue expected by a "significant minority" of such colleges could hurt their future financial strength, says a Moody's Investors Service report.