For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings
By Tamar Lewin
While colleges and universities slashed their spending this year, they whittled away at costs with smaller, quirkier economies, too.
Easing a College Financial Aid Headache
By Tamar Lewin
The Obama administration is moving to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa
Well-Regarded Public Colleges Get a Surge of Bargain Hunters
By Lisa W. Foderaro
The unraveling economy is making less expensive state colleges more appealing, even as they face cuts.
For Education Chief, Stimulus Means Power, Money and Risk
By Sam Dillon
Arne Duncan must decide how to disburse $100 billion in emergency aid for schools and colleges.
Applications Surge at Cooper Union
by Lisa W. Foderaro
Cooper Union, a tuition-free college in Manhattan, saw about a 70 percent surge in applications for early decision this year.
Universities Come to Aid of Unemployed Alumni
by Miriam Kreinin Souccar
Nearly 20 universities from around the country are teaming up to create an alumni job fair in New York City.
ESPN Helps Launch Sports-Themed School
The Business of Sports School, a collaboration
between ESPN and the city's Department of Education, will open in
September with 81 ninth grade students.