Colleges, College Tuition Increase | featured news

Compensation for presidents at public universities rose despite course eliminations and tuition increases.

Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society - an abundance of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan debt, heading into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much anymore.

Students occupying an administration building at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for the past three nights expect police to start removing them by force.

About 30 students stormed UCLA's Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California's Board of Regents today.