Archive for: tuition
UT Launches Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program
By Andrew Roush
The University of Texas at Austin is incentivizing on-time graduation in order to reduce student debt. It’s all part of a monumental push to save students...
Poll: Majority of Texans See Value in Public Universities
By Andrew Roush
Questions of value are at the center of the ongoing higher education debate in Texas. Is a college degree worth the cost? Do public universities provide a quality...
A Hit, A Miss, And A Swing
By Rose Cahalan
In May, the UT System Board of Regents made multiple decisions that will have a dramatic impact on the Forty Acres. What they got right, where they went wrong, and...
Regents Raise Tuition at All Petitioning Schools But UT-Austin
By Rose Cahalan
Tuition for in-state undergraduates at UT-Austin will not go up for at least another two years, but other categories of students—as well as those at nearly every...
President Powers: Students Should Stop Buying More College Than They Need
By Bill Powers
In his State of the Union address last month President Obama put universities on notice that if they couldn’t hold tuition down, the federal government would withhold...
UT Named in Top 10 Best Values Among Public Universities
By Rose Cahalan
Last month Kiplinger’s named UT the 24th-best value public university in the country. Now the Princeton Review has put us at number 10 on its best-value list. Like...
College Degrees Worth the Cost, Study Shows
By Jordan Schraeder
In spite of rising tuition costs, a college degree is still essential to opening economic doors and earning higher lifetime pay, says a new report by the Georgetown...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor