Tag: Tuition
Loan repayment helps employers compete
Jacques Afonso, a manager of community and customer management for National Grid Rhode Island, had worked for the utility for almost a decade when...
What if everyone applied to college?
The United States has a college-opportunity problem. University graduates earn higher lifetime wages and experience lower unemployment rates, but only about one-third of the...
Cheaper college better than free
One of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ tentpole ideas as a presidential candidate is the promise of a free college education for all Americans....
Brown raises tuition and fees, makes moves to cut greenhouse gases
PROVIDENCE – The Corporation of Brown University has approved a 5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and fees, bringing the total to $73,736 for...
Report: Tuition, fee increases at public colleges impact region; R.I. results...
PROVIDENCE – Increases in tuition and fees at public colleges and universities across the region in the past five academic years have widened the...
![2018 average tuition and fees for
New England colleges and universities
[prices do not include room and board] / Source: Collegetuitioncompare.com](https://assets.pbn.com/uploads/2018/09/0914tuitionchart-1-150x150.jpg "Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs")
Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs
Each year, college gets more expensive. Tuition and other costs have continued to escalate, reports show, prompting ever-higher levels of governmental and institutional financial...
2018-19 tuition increases approved by UMass board
PROVIDENCE — Undergraduate tuition increases of 2.5 percent (in-state) and 3 percent (out-of-state) across all four University of Massachusetts undergraduate campuses was approved by the...
Report: Public support for higher education in R.I. lags national average
PROVIDENCE – Since the 2008 recession, total education revenue per full-time equivalent student at a public college or university has risen 2.6 percent using...
R.I. Council on Postsecondary Education approves tuition increases at URI, RIC
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Council on Postsecondary Education voted to raise tuition at the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College this fall,...
The case for three-year degrees
The basic cause of America’s student-loan crisis is no mystery: College tuition and fees continue to soar while the earnings of recent graduates remain...
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