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Articles on college affordability:
State gets high marks for college, but not costs
Chicago Sun Times, IL -
A report card on the state of higher education nationwide gave Illinois generally high marks but warned that the affordability of college here had slipped. ...
College affordability, access slips
San Diego Union Tribune, CA -
By Eleanor Yang. The nation's colleges and universities are losing ground on affordability and access, according to a national report ...
US colleges get F in affordability
Detroit Free Press, MI 
BY JUSTIN POPE. A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. ...
State improves on higher ed report card
Indianapolis Star, IN -
By Barb Berggoetz. Indiana's higher education system improved slightly, earning aB, three C's and aD on a national report card released today. ...
Report flunks states for high college costs
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO 
By LYNN FRANEY The Kansas City Star. Students are better prepared for college than they used to be, but with tuition rising quickly ...
Fewer of State's Students Entering College Directly From High ...
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA 
By Stuart Silverstein, Times Staff Writer. Rising percentages of young adults have enrolled in college since the early 1990s but ...
Mass. gets poor marks on college affordability
Boston Globe, MA -
By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff | September 15, 2004. A new national "report card" for public and private colleges gives Massachusetts ...
Progress report card shows higher ed fails to keep up
Salt Lake Tribune, United States -
By Shinika A. Sykes. Utah students are scoring better on national math, science and reading assessment, but the state has seen a ...
US Flunks Higher Education Affordability
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO 
A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. While noting ...
National Study Shows Colleges in Need of Help
New York Times, NY 
By KAREN W. ARENSON. merica's schools - from kindergarten to high school - have improved in recent years. But, in many states, universities ...
Minnesota's a higher-ed high achiever
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN 
Minnesota outperforms every state but one in preparing and getting students into college, keeping college affordable and getting students to graduate ...
State gets C+ in college prep
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX 
Texas still does only a so-so job preparing students for college, despite some gains over the last decade, a new report says. A ...
Progress report on higher-ed rolls: Needs improvement
USA Today 
By Rebecca F. Johnson, USA TODAY. High school students are becoming better prepared to enter college, but many states are still doing ...
State earns mixed marks on higher education report
Tri-Valley Herald, CA 
By Michelle Maitre, STAFF WRITER. California earns mediocre grades on a new report card that ranks how adept states are at providing college opportunities. ...
Getting kids to college a problem for Utah
Provo Daily Herald, UT 
High school students in Utah are apparently prepared for college, but according to a new independent report, the state is not making the grade when it comes to ...
Report flunks Oregon on college costs
Salem Statesman Journal, OR 
The affordability of higher education in Oregon and 35 other states received an F on a national report card released today. In other ...
Ohio gets bad grades
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription), OH -
By Katie Byard. Ohio's high schoolers are less prepared for success in college than those in many other states, and their families ...
US colleges fail on affordability, nonprofit says
Orlando Sentinel (subscription), FL -
By Justin Pope | The Associated Press. A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. ...
D- mars state's college report card
Boulder Daily Camera, CO -
By Elizabeth Mattern Clark, Camera Staff Writer. Colorado teens are less likely to go to college than they were a decade ago, and ...
Report: Higher education no guarantee
Pasadena Star-News, CA -
By Michelle Rester , Staff Writer. For the first time since World War II, California children are not guaranteed college acceptance if they get good grades. ...
BUT HIGHER TUITION MEANS MANY IN STATE CAN'T AFFORD COLLEGE
Kentucky.com, KY 
By Linda B. Blackford. In the seven years since higher education reform started in Kentucky, college enrollment has shot up over ...
While noting progress in areas such as student preparation, the ...
Kentucky.com, KY 
While noting progress in areas such as student preparation, the biennial study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education drops the country ...
State's colleges score poorly
Denver Post, CO 
Colorado higher education received mostly A's and B's in a national report card issued Wednesday except in one key area. The state ...
Out-of-reach education
Rocky Mountain News, CO 
By John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News. Colorado is doing a better job of preparing kids for college, but it's still a hard place ...
State falls in college study
Los Angeles Daily News, CA 
By Lisa M. Sodders. Although California has the most affordable colleges in the country, its ninth-graders are nearly 10 percent ...
Study: University access gets tighter
Press-Enterprise (subscription), CA 
By MARISA AGHA and MICHAEL FISHER / The Press-Enterprise. Fewer California youth are likely to enroll in college by age 19 as increased ...
Kansas criticized on aid for higher ed
Kansas.com, KS 
BY KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH. A national report on higher education released today gives Kansas high marks on preparing students and ...
Oregon higher ed gets so-so marks
Corvallis Gazette Times, OR 
By JULIA SILVERMAN. PORTLAND — Oregon's grades on the country's only national report card on higher education are mediocre at best ...
Colleges flunk affordability test
Henderson Gleaner, KY -
By JUSTIN POPE, Associated Press. A new, independent report card flunks America's colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability. ...
Higher Education Progress Stalled Despite High School Improvements ...
Yahoo News (press release) 
SAN JOSE, Calif. and WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Although more high school graduates are prepared for college, most states ...