UNC to Pay Costs of Low-Income Students,
Washington Post
Children from low-income families will be able to attend the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill without incurring debt in a groundbreaking
program to reduce the burden of rising tuition costs, the university
announced yesterday.
Students Overestimate Cost of Attending College, Report Says, Chronicle
of Higher Education
Most high-school students plan to attend college, yet they and their
parents overestimate the cost by thousands of dollars and know little
of financial aid, according to a report released on Wednesday by the
U.S. Education Department.
Nation Faces a College-Access Crisis,
Education-Policy Group Warns, Chronicle of Higher
Education
The United States is "losing ground" in providing widespread
access to higher education, according to a report released on Wednesday
by a nonpartisan education-policy group
Chapel Hill Says It Will Meet Financial-Aid
Needs of Low-Income Students With Grants, Not Loans, Chronicle
of Higher Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced plans on Wednesday
to replace loans with grants for needy students, making it the first
public university in the country to follow a strategy that several elite
private institutions, including Harvard and Princeton Universities,
have adopted in the last few years.
Parents, students need schooling on college
costs, study finds, Contra Costa Time/AP
A study released Wednesday by the National Center for Education Statistics,
which analyzes educational data for the federal government, found that
families often overestimated the cost of college tuition at four-year
public institutions.
A Racial Quake in Brazil, Los Angeles Times
Where ethnicity is an elastic concept, and a barrier, the introduction
of admission quotas at a top university shakes up notions of color.
