COVER STORY: Upward Bound College Costs Continue Rise Despite Recession

CHART: Public Two-Year Tuition and Fees Published Tuition and Fees, Net Tuition and Fees, and Room and Board in Constant 2009 Dollars, Full-Time Undergraduate Student, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2009-10

CHART: Regional Variation in Charges Average Tuition and Fee and Room and Board (TFRB) Charges by College Board Region and Sector, in Constant 2009 Dollars, 1999-2000 and 2009-10 (Enrollment-Weighted)

CHART: What Students Pay Average Published Charges for Undergraduates by Type and Control of Institution, 2009-10 (Enrollment-Weighted)

POV: Art Used as Tool In Fighting Substance Abuse on Maryland Campus Alcohol and other drug abuse are linked to poor student academic performance.

NEXT EDITION PREVIEW: Fastest-Growing Community Colleges More young Americans than ever before are enrolled in college – especially community college. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, a record 11.5 million American aged 18 to 24 attended in college in 2008.

ON THE HORIZON: CCW Special Reports lineup for 2009 and 2010

EVENTS CALENDAR: Conferences, institutes, workshops and other higher-ed-related events

CCSSE Finds Increasing Use of Social Networking Tools Community colleges are increasingly using social networking tools to reach out to students, but gaps persist between older students and their younger peers in using the technology.

GRANTS & GIFTS Summary list of institutions receiving grants and gifts

HONORS & AWARDS: Brief description of honors and awards received by institutions and individuals

Ky. Colleges President Pushes Back On Looming Budget Cuts The head of Kentucky’s community college system is trying to build opposition to potential state budget cuts on the horizon.

NEWS BRIEFS: Higher-ed-related news summaries from around the nation

Student’s Project Stocks Ala. School System with Nursing Supplies Joshua Norris did more than lend a sympathetic ear to a school nurse when she told him about how she and many of her peers bought extra medical supplies out-of pocket.

TECHNOLOGY TODAY: Windows 7 Can Wait Until It’s Time To Buy a New Computer Every time Microsoft, developer of the world’s most popular personal computer operating systems, comes up with a new version of Windows, computer users wrestle with the question of whether they should upgrade.

Thousands of Oregon Students Miss Aid Deadline The state’s primary need-based financial aid program stopped awarding grants two months ago, but that hasn’t deterred students from continuing to apply for one.

TRACKING TRENDS: Tribal College President Encounters Backlash on Tuition Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether those ambitions could cost her the job.

Wash. College Pilot Program To Rent Textbooks, Materials Bellevue College is embarking on a pilot program in the hopes of saving students money for the costs of their college textbooks.

EDITOR'S CORNER: Boggs Announces Retirement as AACC Head George R. Boggs, president of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) for a decade and a community college advocate for more than 40 years, has announced his retirement from the association effective Dec. 31, 2010.

More young Americans than ever before are enrolled in college – especially community college. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, a record 11.5 million American aged 18 to 24 attended in college in 2008.

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