ACTA president Anne D. Neal sends a letter to the UNC Board of Governors concerning the Board’s proposal to increase tuition for the UNC system.
ACTA’s 11th state report finds higher education in Florida has both sunny spots and storms to avoid, yet overall has strong potential to set an example for other states to follow. The report, Florida Rising: An Assessment of Public Universities in the Sunshine State, examines issues of cost, speech codes, administrative vs. academic spending, core […]
With this new tool, ACTA is working to expand its outreach to governors nationwide on behalf of higher education reform, focusing on key issues of quality, cost, and accountability. ACTA has worked with governors and education leaders from across the country, and that experience has proven that innovative governors are key to improving higher education […]
There are few positions that offer challenges and rewards comparable to those of a college trustee. As a trustee, you have the legal and fiduciary obligation to ensure the academic and financial health of your institution—while serving the best interests of the state. This brochure, a new edition, will help you do your job.
How about a 10 percent cut in tuition? In a day when college costs defy gravity as a rule, it sounds like a fantasy. But the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., recently cut tuition by 10 percent, creating quite a stir. Academic pundits have debated whether there is any substance to this move, […]
A “model budget” for Kansas crafted by the state’s chapter of Americans for Prosperity earlier this year includes a statement about tuition and higher education that should get the attention of everyone with an interest in the role of state universities in Kansas. The budget model is getting special attention because one of its authors, […]
Molly Corbett Broad’s May 24 Local Opinions essay, “Aboard the college tuition roller coaster,” would have us believe that, if state support goes down, tuition prices must go up — as if by some law of nature. This mind-set, common among former and current college presidents, has fueled the rise of tuition prices in recent […]
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