A number of small, private colleges are making drastic cuts as the great recession and enrollment declines decimate their budgets.

Paul Ryan’s proposed House budget includes a provision for freezing Pell Grants at their current levels for a decade. It doesn’t have a prayer of making it through Congress, but it could get a conversation going about the role of student aid in driving up college costs.

Winter is coming for higher ed. So why aren’t college administrators feeling a chill?

American colleges are aggressively courting foreign students, who, it just so happens, are more likely than American students to pay full price for tuition. Schools are trying everything to improve their financial prospects—everything except look for ways to cut costs.

Students are factoring financial concerns into their choice of college more than ever before. This may seem like an obvious step, but price-conscious consumers are bad news for an already struggling industry.

Higher Ed has added an average of 87 administrative positions per day, a rate has scarcely slowed since the economic downturn, despite tuition increases.

A college degree is worth more now than ever before, while a high school degree alone is worth much less. We need to make college education more affordable to better prepare students for the workforce.

University administrative positions increased by 28 percent between 2000 and 2012. As students are becoming more price-conscious and more likely to question the value of the expensive degrees on offer, colleges need to get their priorities straight.

A number of small private colleges are cutting tuition in a bid to attract more students. It’s a smart move if they can cut their costs at the same time, but there’s little evidence they’re doing that quite yet.

The majority of students enrolled in degree programs juggle schoolwork with jobs and family commitments, but colleges do little to support part-time study.