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...rate at which Harvard’s tuition is rising is comparable to that of its peer colleges. Stanford trustees announced that tuition will increase by 5.46 percent next year...
...Tuition has increased at an average rate of 5.3 percent over the last ten years, and the College saw an increase of 4.75 percent last year. In 1997, one year’s tuition was $20,600, while in 2007, tuition will total...
...Tuition itself will rise by 3.9 percent, bringing the total cost for students, including room, board, and student fees, from...
...Even more pernicious is what critics call "ranksteering," i.e., specifically tailoring administrative decisions to move higher up on the list. The rankings encourage more per-pupil spending, which makes up 10% of a school's score and certainly doesn't help keep tuition down. Indeed, Bowdoin College watched its ranking slip from fourth to eighth in the '90s as it balanced its budget rather than keep pace with peers' spending increases. "Evaluating education in a way that rewards institutions for building Jacuzzis and rock walls as much as for investing in what happens in the classroom is a system that...
...financial aid budget has mushroomed in recent years, reaching approximately $100 million per year. Families making less than $60,000 are no longer required to make any contribution to their children’s education, while students are expected to contribute $2,000 on a yearly basis. Tuition, room, board, health fees, travel expenses, and personal expenses are all covered; the total expense is just short of $50,000 per year.Yet even with this tremendously generous system, students have had difficulties budgeting the money that the Financial Aid Office allots for “personal expenses.” Currently...