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NAICU in Action
Find more info on NAICU issues and initiatives:
- Demystifying College Costs: NAICU's new report on what consumers want to know about college costs
- Affordability initiatives sweep higher ed: see our updated campus affordability initiatives page.
- Your Vote, Your Voice has information on campus voter registration.
- Going Green in the Ivy Halls: examples of campus sustainability initiatives.
- Click here for a full listing of NAICU's special initiatives.
National Campus Voter Registration Project and the Presidential Debates
Your Vote, Your Voice, a project of the National Campus Voter Registration Project is voter education partner of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
More information on the 2008 Presidential debates is available at mydebates.org.
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'Tis the Season of Election Dirty Tricks: Scaring Student Voters
ABC News
October 6, 2008
Election officials and watchdog groups are bracing for the wave of sneaky or suspicious phone calls, leaflets and emails that typically hit battleground states in the final 30 days of the presidential campaign. Young voters at Drexel University have already been targeted, with students reporting that flyers have been posted around campus warning that undercover police will be at the polls on Election Day looking to make arrests. 
Name-brand colleges not worth extra debt
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 6, 2008
College presidents blame climbing costs on the bidding war for the very best faculty, demands by students for fancy amenities such as tony health clubs and competition to attract the most talented scholars. Critics counter that college presidents are overlooking a few factors, such as their own lack of market discipline and their indifference to productivity.
Area colleges work to secure investments during tumultuous financial times
Lynchburg, Va., News & Advance
October 6, 2008
Lynchburg College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph College and Liberty University each have tens of millions of dollars in endowment investments that are key to their overall financial health. Within the past year, all four colleges have made moves to protect their investments by adopting more conservative market positions. (Regional emphasis)
Other News
Inside Higher Ed
October 6, 2008
Augustana College is announcing today that tuition will increase by 3.9 percent for the 2009-10 academic year. While the percentage is the lowest for the college in 25 years, what may be more notable than the size of the increase is when it is being announced. The idea behind announcing much earlier is that some families may appreciate certainty over college prices at a time that so many other economic trends are full of question marks.
St. John's stands against rankings with U-CAN
Baltimore Sun
October 5, 2008
As high school seniors sort through the morass of college brochures flooding their mailboxes this fall, the president of St. John's College in Annapolis takes comfort in the fact that students have a new and, he says, better tool to search for their perfect school.
Educating voters at Hofstra University
Baldwin, N.Y., Herald
October 2, 2008
In an effort to turn this year's third presidential debate into something more than just a fleeting event, Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz created a program that would make the debate the crowning jewel in something much larger. Educate '08 started in the spring and lasting until the presidential election in November, is expanding the debate by adding lectures, speakers, performances, classes, and more to Hofstra's Fall 2008 schedule.
Vanderbilt U. to Replace Loans With Grants for Students
Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog
October 1, 2008
Vanderbilt University has unveiled plans to expand its financial-aid program, announcing this morning that it would replace loans with grants for all eligible students. The university, which practices need-blind admissions, expects the new policy to add nearly $15-million to its annual financial-aid budget. Vanderbilt students receive a total of about $70-million annually in institutional aid.
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