cIcu | Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities

Today, Governor David Paterson demonstrated his commitment to helping New York’s college students and families while strengthening our state’s position as one of the world’s ‘idea capitals.’

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The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has developed U-CAN (the University and College Accountability Network), a free, college information Web site to help higher education consumers make the best choice possible. The site provides concise, Web-based, and user-friendly profiles of a wide array of private colleges and universities in New York and throughout the nation. Each profile shows data on admissions, enrollment, geographic and diversity, graduation rates, most popular degrees, price of attendance, financial aid, net tuition, loan debt, and much more — all in a common format.

Also see cIcu's admissions and financial aid Web site, featuring in-depth profiles of New York's private colleges and universities, degree offerings throughout the state, and much more.

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The "Faces of Teaching" gallery is a collection of biographies of faculty members who exemplify excellence in education. The profiles are authored by alumni, and are a supplement to "The Fine Art of Teaching," an article in the latest issue of "The Independent Sector."

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To prepare its member campuses for the upcoming presidential election, cIcu assembled a "Just Add People" voter registration toolkit containing all of the ingredients necessary to run an on-campus registration drive. Click "Keep Reading" for the online resource page.

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Student loan originations fell about 8% to $3.3 billion, amid shifts in the way the company deals with external lending partners and a shift from purchasing to servicing their loans. Sallie Mae in April said it couldn't make profitable loans, prompting the nation's largest student lender to assess its operation and call for a"system-wide liquidity solution." However, the company said its funding and liquidity improved in the second quarter.

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The White House's Office of Management and Budget has denied the Education Department's"emergency" request for approval to immediately survey Pell Grant recipients who have transferred from one institution to another. Several associations representing traditional colleges opposed the department's request and questioned both its motive in pursuing the survey and its rationale for treating the matter as an emergency.

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Since the unprecedented collapse of the student loan market, financing a college education has become more complicated than ever.

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