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University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year

The Hechinger Report

But in less than a decade, by 2025, students like Badalamente could expect to pay more than $100,000 per year, based on projections by The Hechinger Report using annual college cost growth rates from 2008 to 2018. The $81 million Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opened in 2011.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave grants to colleges to buy data tools and software. Renick says he signed a contract with EAB 2011 before it even had a prototype for the software. Since 2003, Georgia State has raised its graduation rates by 23 percentage points, which adds up to more than $60 million.

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