The issue of the government's proper role in higher education has been a part of the presidential campaign platforms of candidates on both sides of the aisle, from Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio to Hillary...

Higher education is flaunted as the key to a successful future, and parents are pushing their children to pursue it more than ever. While college costs continue to climb (our own University of Alabama...


 At The University of Alabama, we are enjoying a period of growth and expansion that has never been seen in our school’s history. Since 2007, our student body has increased in size by about 10,000...

This year, just as in several past years, the University of Alabama Board Of Trustees voted to raise tuition prices. It was a small increase – only four percent – but it highlights a growing problem....

You may have missed it, but once again the Alabama System board of trustees voted to raise tuition and fees at the system’s universities. After the latest in these regular tuition increases, the two-semester...

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved a four percent increase in tuition for University of Alabama students in a meeting Friday.The board approved a $188 per semester tuition increase for...

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase on June 15 in an attempt to rely less on state funding, which has decreased by an approximate $174 million for the entire system...

With the 2012 Alabama legislative session underway, Rep. Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, the Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives, and Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, the Minority Leader...

A fact of life for today’s college student is one that is tough to grapple with. The average senior will leave college with an average of $25,250 of student loans debt. That albatross around the neck...

In his State of the Union address two weeks ago, President Obama discussed issues on every college student’s mind: the rise of tuition costs and interest rates on student loans. “Student loan debt...

Nick Saban’s football team and Anthony Grant’s basketball team pride themselves on tough defense. Both buy into a defensive mentality that opposing teams fear and announcers drool over. In sports,...