As Saned Raouf has discovered in his freshman year at Yale University…

Beginning classes at a new college could overwhelm anyone. But imagine that,

With the recent influx of Saudi Arabian students sponsored by their government, many American campuses…

Out-of-state and international students could help the public university system cushion cuts in funding, but could also keep out qualified local applicants.
By Larry Gordon
January 4, 2009

UCLA sophomore Ying Chen could have stayed at home in New Jersey for college, but instead she traveled cross-country, where she willingly pays about $20,000 a year more for her education than most of her classmates.Some UC officials think that increasing the number of students like Chen would be a smart way for the university system to bring in more revenue at a time when …

By Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press
Friday, January 2, 2009; A04

RALEIGH, N.C. — For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put on her best outfit but didn’t bother with shoes. She sat in her living room, smiled into her computer’s webcam and told an admissions officer more than 800 miles away that Wake Forest University was right for her.
“It’s hard to part with money for a half-hour interview,” said Cullinan, who avoided a costly trip from her home in Newburyport, Mass., to Winston-Salem, N.C., by using the pilot program at Wake Forest. She …