Opinion
Video
About
Writers
News team
Higher Education Fellows
Young Journalists
Alumni
Contributors
Join Us
Become a Young Journalist
Become a Fellow
Become a Donor
Send a tip
Send A Tip
Campuses
Donate
search
No results
Opinion
Video
About
Writers
News team
Higher Education Fellows
Young Journalists
Alumni
Contributors
Join Us
Become a Young Journalist
Become a Fellow
Become a Donor
Send a tip
Send A Tip
Campuses
Donate
Youtube
search
Video
About
Writers
News team
Young Journalists
Alumni
Contributors
Higher Education Fellows
Join Us
Become a Young Journalist
Become a Donor
Send a tip
Send A Tip
Campuses
Search
TUITION
Filter
UT System to make undergrad tuition free for Texas residents with family incomes of less than $100k
The University of Texas System (UT System) is expected to offer free tuition next fall to full-time undergraduate s…
By Campus Reform
Nov 21, 2024
Sluggish jobs report drops as Gen Z continues to struggle under Biden-Harris economy
Campus Reform has been chronicling Gen Z's struggles under the Biden-Harris economy. Here are 10 examples.
By Campus Reform
Nov 1, 2024
Massachusetts budget offering universal community college signed into law
On Monday, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a nearly $60 billion budget for 2025 that includes tuition-free c…
By Rose Crow '25
Jul 30, 2024
Proposed GOP platform calls for 'sane' and 'affordable' higher ed
The GOP has included several goals related to higher education, like making university tuition affordable and drivi…
By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 15, 2024
Poll reveals growing skepticism toward higher ed as college enrollment declines
Confidence in higher education is decreasing, with a new poll from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finding that on…
By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 10, 2024
Some colleges will cost over $90K for the first time this year– 'Generous' financial aid will supposedly mitigate the problem
Some colleges and universities will cost students and their families over $95,000, but some argue that financial a…
By Adam Sabes
Apr 2, 2024
PROF JENKINS: Go to college, anyway
Look, I still cling to the old-fashioned notion that a college education is valuable for its own sake.
By Rob Jenkins
Mar 25, 2024
High schoolers are losing confidence in the benefits of a college degree: study
A recently released study that involved focus groups and a national study explores how high school students and non…
By Campus Reform
Mar 14, 2024
Something's got to give when it comes to rising tuition– Universities must reprioritize
Many of us would prefer administrators spend time finding solutions to our financial crises rather than working on …
By Michael Duke '26
Feb 25, 2024
Columbia students launch tuition strike to combat so-called ‘Israeli Apartheid’
Columbia students have announced plans for a tuition strike in the Spring 2024 semester, protesting what they term …
By Patrick McDonald '26
Jan 3, 2024
PROF GIORDANO: The reckoning within higher education is here
Two years ago, I warned that a perfect storm was brewing as universities were destroying themselves through numerou…
By Nicholas Giordano
Dec 14, 2023
REPORT: Overconfident new grads expect sizable entry-level salaries
A study by Real Estate Witch discovered that 2023 college graduates expected to make a starting salary of $84,855, …
By Spencer Dalke
Oct 2, 2023
House Subcommittee holds hearing to discuss exorbitant tuition costs
Numerous ideas to reduce the cost of attending college were proposed by both Republicans and Democrats.
By William Biagini '24
Aug 25, 2023
Top 5 stories of the week: August 25, 2023
Below are Campus Reform's top five stories of the week. Dive into our quick summaries to stay informed about the sp…
By Campus Reform
Aug 25, 2023
University updates benefits to include trade school tuition assistance for employees' children
Colgate cited the nationwide need for trade workers in announcing the new policy.
By Austin Browne '24
Aug 10, 2023
WATCH: 'Heartbreaking'– Court rules school can charge out-of-state students more than illegal immigrants
Emily Fowler discusses the injustice committed against out-of-state American citizens who pay tuition fees while il…
By Spencer Dalke
Aug 3, 2023
Texas college can charge out-of-state students higher tuition than illegal immigrants, court rules
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling made by a federal district judge that prevented the schoo…
By Haika Mrema '24
Jul 24, 2023
SURVEY: Less than half of parents feel ready to pay for their child's college education
Only 44% of parents felt ready to pay for their child's college education the summer before his or her freshman yea…
By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Jul 20, 2023
Ohio House passes bill requiring schools to be transparent about the real cost of college
Ohio House Bill 27 passed the Ohio State House of Representatives on May 24, by a vote of 88-1.
By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Jun 15, 2023
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: Universities only engage with capitalism when it’s convenient for them
Speculation about the tuition bubble is not new, but years of warnings are not deterring universities from jacking …
By Zachary Marschall, PhD
May 15, 2023
Boston pays for illegal immigrants' college tuition with federal stimulus money
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a financial expansion of the Tuition-Free Community College Plan, which will now…
By Georgia Lucas '23
Apr 14, 2023
Most Americans no longer think that college is worth the cost
The Wall Street Journal and NORC released poll results on Mar. 31 showing that only 42 percent of Americans think t…
By Shelby Kearns
Apr 8, 2023
Federal judge rules students can sue after being charged full tuition for classes shifted online over COVID
A federal judge ruled on Mar. 31 that lawsuits against the University of Delaware can proceed after the university …
By Shelby Kearns
Apr 6, 2023
University offers special paid internships, tuition assistance for illegal immigrants
Fordham University’s Center for Community Engaged Learning will soon 'reprise and expand' a program that administer…
By William Biagini '24
Mar 15, 2023
'Woke' colleges 'stroke' student egos, study argues
A new study shares survey responses from over 200 professors and suggests that, unless universities address the ten…
By Shelby Kearns
Feb 6, 2023
REPORT: Universities should treat students like customers
A report from Qualtrics suggested that, because higher education is a commodity, universities should treat students…
By Shelby Kearns
Jan 20, 2023
Health care fees can leave ‘a surprise’ for the cost of college
Health care fees can leave students and families with ‘a surprise’ for the true cost of college, ‘making a barely a…
By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Jan 17, 2023
Report calls for ‘congressional action’ to address confusing financial aid offers
The Government Accountability Office states that ‘91% of colleges understate or don't include the net price [of tui…
By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jan 5, 2023
Student government wants to eliminate 'president,' 'vice president' positions
The SGA is adopting a 'system that mirrors the Parliamentary systems of countries like the United Kingdom.'
By Thomas Stevenson '23
Dec 27, 2022
Task force hopes to make financial aid applications more transparent
The attempt by the Department of Education to issue the standardized financial aid form 'known as the Financial Aid…
By Caroline Cason '22
Dec 21, 2022
Student protesters demand A's, better cafeteria food, control of the president's house
As an adjunct faculty strike over pay comes to a close, students demand ‘A’ grades for the semester, tuition refun…
By Shelby Kearns
Dec 19, 2022
PROF. GIORDANO: Community college is a better, more viable alternative for many students
I can say from personal experience that there are many benefits to attending community college, and it was the best…
By Nicholas Giordano
Nov 14, 2022
Following Gov. Youngkin's call, this university reversed its tuition increase
The university will issue a one-time credit to students, offsetting the 3% tuition increase initially approved for …
By Alexa Schwerha
Oct 4, 2022
UPDATE: University of Virginia reverses decision to raise tuition, offers one-time credit to students
The University of Virginia will issue a one-time $690 credit to undergraduate students, reversing its tuition incre…
By Alexa Schwerha
Sep 20, 2022
WATCH: Rob Jenkins discusses student loan forgiveness
Campus Reform’s Higher Education Fellow and tenured associate professor of English at Georgia State University Rob …
By Rachel Kennedy
Sep 15, 2022
WATCH: Rob Jenkins discusses student loan debt and spikes in university donations
Universities are 'taking money from the government with one hand in the form of these huge student loans for tuitio…
By Rachel Kennedy
Sep 12, 2022
WATCH: Hot Take: University Increases Tuition
Charlotte Waldron joined Campus Reform Correspondent Director and Hot Take host, Kate Hirzel, to discuss her frustr…
By Kate Hirzel
Sep 10, 2022
OPINION: Universities’ financial mismanagement, rising costs are making the student mental health crisis worse
Increasing tuition to fund mental health programs is a counterintuitive approach to solving the mental health crisi…
By Jared Gould
and
Alexa Schwerha
Sep 7, 2022
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: Follow the money to understand why universities went woke
The stratospheric rise in revenue indicates of an institutionalized growth strategy throughout higher education to …
By Zachary Marschall, PhD
Sep 5, 2022
GIORDANO: Academia must reform to save itself
A perfect storm is brewing that has the potential to decimate colleges and universities throughout the country.
By Nicholas Giordano
Aug 26, 2022
Higher education continues to increase tuition despite record-breaking donations
As colleges rake in more donations than ever before, they are still raising tuition and student fees.
By Jared Gould
and
Rachel Kennedy
Aug 22, 2022
'LGBTQ Studies' minor launches as public university raises tuition
The program at the University of Nevada, Reno, examines 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, in…
By Ariana Brockman '24
Aug 3, 2022
Only VA's most elite university defies Youngkin on tuition freeze
Earlier this year, Glenn Youngkin requested that the commonwealth's public universities reverse their planned tuiti…
By Alexa Schwerha
and
Jared Gould
Jul 12, 2022
'Pride bus' coming to campus this fall
Rutgers University is covering one of its campus buses in 2017 Philly Pride colors in celebration of the Center for…
By Kate Anderson
Jun 29, 2022
Youngkin tells VA universities to cancel tuition increases amid record inflation
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is calling on the commonwealth's college and university presidents to reverse tuit…
By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 24, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Universities pay for LGBTQ+ inclusive ranking to make money as they raise tuition
'At the end of the day a college campus is a business, and the way that they make money is by recruiting students a…
By Kate Anderson
Jun 15, 2022
FL universities keep paying for woke students services as college costs add up
A Campus Reform analysis of student budgets found that Florida universities are spending tens of thousands of dolla…
By Maria Colombo '25
Jun 15, 2022
$1,500 inflation relief payments for staff, 4% tuition increase for students at this university
Carnegie Mellon University will issue a one-time payment to select employees meant to alleviate the impact of infla…
By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 9, 2022
27 of top 30 universities are increasing tuition again after COVID-era rate hikes
A Campus Reform analysis of tuition figures from the U.S. News & World Report found that Vanderbilt University incr…
By Allie Simon '22
and
Emily Fowler
Jun 3, 2022
ANALYSIS: Higher tuition rates correlate with more woke programming
A Campus Reform analysis of four North Carolina universities found a correlation between higher tuition and diversi…
By Maria Colombo '25
Jun 1, 2022