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Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008

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The post Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008 appeared first on University Business. Among master’s-granting institutions, that number rose by only 0.5%, and 0.7% at baccalaureate institutions. More from UB : Is betting big on graduate school enrollment growth a major risk for higher ed?

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Low-income students work more amid rising college costs, analysis finds

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Three-fourths of students from lower-income families worked by 2008, averaging 20 hours per week or more, a Brookings Institution report found.

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States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?

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The gap between what states and students pay toward higher ed shrunk from 2008 to 2022, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association found.

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University endowment generates first loss since Great Recession in 2008 - Janny Eng, the Princetonian

Economics and Change in Higher Education

percent, the lowest investment return since the Great Recession of 2008. This year’s endowment demonstrates a decrease of $1.9 billion compared to last year’s $37.7 billion endowment. University investments generated a loss of 1.5 That year, the University investments suffered a loss of 23.5 This year’s decrease comes after last year’s 46.9

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Removal of On-Campus Voting on Election Day Sparks Uproar at Purdue

Inside Higher Ed

This November, for the first time since before 2008, students, faculty and staff will be unable to vote on Purdue University’s campus on Election Day. Employees and students must vote off campus in November for the first time in years. Voting groups say such changes are a common, albeit subtle, form of voter suppression.

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Texas A&M International President Dies Unexpectedly

Inside Higher Ed

TAMIU first hired him as provost in 2008. The president of Texas A&M International University in Laredo died unexpectedly on Thursday, according to a university announcement. No cause of death was given for Pablo Arenaz, the university’s sixth president, who had served in the role since 2016.

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How an Outsider Disrupted Pennsylvania’s Struggling State System

Inside Higher Ed

When the Great Recession hit the University of California system in 2008, it marked a major “inflection point” in the life of Dan Greenstein. In his six years as PASSHE chancellor, Dan Greenstein took a bold—and sometimes controversial—approach to repairing a public university system in a downward spiral. Did it work?

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