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As their state financing dwindled, four-year public universities increased their published tuition and fees almost 8 percent this year, to an average of $7,605, according to the College Board ’s annual reports. When room and board are included, the average in-state student at a public university now pays $16,140 a year
NEW YORK – Shares of for-profit education companies slid Monday as government data showed that many of their students aren’t repaying school loans, which could imperil the ability of their students to receive federal financial aid, the bulk of the schools’ revenue. Several schools contested the government’s methodology, but that couldn’t stop shares of the companies from tumbling to their lowest points in a year or more. For-profit schools offer a wide range of programs and certificates, from associate’s degrees in the culinary arts at Career Education Corp.’s Le Cordon Bleu to MBA degrees from the Apollo Group Inc.’s University of Phoenix
MIDDLE SCHOOL students are champion time-wasters. And the personal computer may be the ultimate time-wasting appliance. Put the two together at home, without hovering supervision, and logic suggests that you won’t witness a miraculous educational transformation.