Tuition reduction reaction
What others are saying
Here are links to some of the stories that have appeared since the Feb. 16, 2011, announcement of the university's decision to cut tuition and fees by 10 percent for the 2011-12 academic year.
New stories and mentions as part of reporting about 2012-13 tuition plans:
- Smart Money (WSJ) Sept. 30 (also picked up by CNBC)
- Washington Monthly Sept. 29
- The Examiner (Washington, D.C.) Sept. 29
- San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 2, 2012
Earlier stories:
- New York Times (and print, Feb. 17 page A15)
- Wall Street Journal online (and print, Feb. 17 page A7)
- The Tennessean Feb. 20
- USA Today Feb. 22 (with links to Princeton Review's "Best Value Colleges")
- New York Times "Room for Debate" Feb. 22
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- NYT “The Choice” college admissions blog, Feb. 17
- NYT “The Choice” blog Q&A with John McCardell, Feb. 18
- Washington Post “Campus Overload” blog
- CNN interview with John McCardell Feb. 17
- MSNBC interview with John McCardell Feb. 18
- Chattanooga Times Free Press Feb. 20
- Washington Monthly "College Guide" blog
- TIME “It’s Your Money” blog
- Daily Caller
- Fox News interview with John McCardell Feb. 17 (link no longer available)
- Inside Higher Ed
- The Guardian—Michael Tomasky’s blog
- Aol News
- Episcopal Cafe
- "Pigs have flown:" Drexel Univ. editorial
- CityTown Info college and careers news
- Wall Sreeet Journal weekly roundup Feb. 19
- Campus Progress (link no longer available)
- The Oregonian
- Richmond Times-Dispatch Feb. 24
- PJTV interview with John McCardell Feb. 23
- CBS MoneyWatch blog Feb. 25
- Daily Nebraskan (Univ. of Nebraska) March 7
- Arizona Daily Star March 9
- WPLN Nashville March 10
- Raleigh News & Observer, Bellingham (Wash.) Herald (both carried the same story) March 15
- NPR "All Things Considered" March 17
- Inside Higher Ed (reprinted in USA Today) on admissions results May 5
- Charleston Post and Courier May 23
- Washington Examiner May 29 and San Francisco Examiner May 31, by Edwin Williamson, C'61
- Op-ed by John McCardell for Forbes, "Getting Out Of The Academic Cost Spiral," June 2
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Daily Chronicle, DeKalb, Ill., on the results of the tuition cut, July 13
