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Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: News
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Grinnell stuns students with tuition jump
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Grinnell College plans to increase tuition 12.6 percent, or $4,600 that will be phased in over four years, starting this fall with incoming freshmen.
The proposed increase comes at a time when Grinnell's tuition and fees - $29,030 this school year- are already nearly $10,000 a year higher than average for Iowa's private, four-year colleges and universities. The cost of a Grinnell education is $20,000 a year higher than the cost at Iowa's three public universities.
Grinnell President Russell Osgood said the planned increase would bring the school into line with the tuition charged by Grinnell's main competitors for students - Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
Grinnell's board of trustees is expected to approve the higher tuition when the board meets Feb. 9 and 10.
UW may expand student conduct code to cover off-campus behavior
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Student leaders at the University of Washington may decide this week to expand the conduct code, hoping to ward off a bill in the Legislature that might hold students accountable to the university for disruptive behavior outside the Seattle campus.
Neighbors of the university long have sought to expand the code, citing the loud parties and public drunkenness involving students.
Student leaders said Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, told them he would introduce legislation to expand the student conduct code unless they addressed the issue soon. He's sponsored legislation in the past that would have required all state universities to adopt rules and sanctions regarding disruptive conduct in nearby neighborhoods, businesses and public places. The proposals have never passed.
BGSU employee accused of slowly stealing $400,000
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - A former Bowling Green State University employee is accused of ordering $400,000 in computers and electronics with school money and selling them, the school said Sunday.
Michael McHugh, 44, of Bowling Green, has pleaded not guilty to theft and two counts of theft in office. He has been jailed since Dec. 1 on $100,000 bond.
The alleged theft went unnoticed for years in the university's $400 million budget because the items were bought slowly starting in 2001, spokeswoman Kim McBroom said Sunday. The purchases from Apple Computers, Office Depot and other retailers ramped up in 2003 and caught attention last year.
Academic Impressions
Grinnell College plans to increase tuition 12.6 percent, or $4,600 that will be phased in over four years, starting this fall with incoming freshmen.
The proposed increase comes at a time when Grinnell's tuition and fees - $29,030 this school year- are already nearly $10,000 a year higher than average for Iowa's private, four-year colleges and universities. The cost of a Grinnell education is $20,000 a year higher than the cost at Iowa's three public universities.
Grinnell President Russell Osgood said the planned increase would bring the school into line with the tuition charged by Grinnell's main competitors for students - Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
Grinnell's board of trustees is expected to approve the higher tuition when the board meets Feb. 9 and 10.
UW may expand student conduct code to cover off-campus behavior
Academic Impressions
Student leaders at the University of Washington may decide this week to expand the conduct code, hoping to ward off a bill in the Legislature that might hold students accountable to the university for disruptive behavior outside the Seattle campus.
Neighbors of the university long have sought to expand the code, citing the loud parties and public drunkenness involving students.
Student leaders said Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, told them he would introduce legislation to expand the student conduct code unless they addressed the issue soon. He's sponsored legislation in the past that would have required all state universities to adopt rules and sanctions regarding disruptive conduct in nearby neighborhoods, businesses and public places. The proposals have never passed.
BGSU employee accused of slowly stealing $400,000
Academinc Impressions
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - A former Bowling Green State University employee is accused of ordering $400,000 in computers and electronics with school money and selling them, the school said Sunday.
Michael McHugh, 44, of Bowling Green, has pleaded not guilty to theft and two counts of theft in office. He has been jailed since Dec. 1 on $100,000 bond.
The alleged theft went unnoticed for years in the university's $400 million budget because the items were bought slowly starting in 2001, spokeswoman Kim McBroom said Sunday. The purchases from Apple Computers, Office Depot and other retailers ramped up in 2003 and caught attention last year.
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