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UA Board of Regents moves to cut tuition for out-of-state students, aiming to boost enrollment

  • Corinne Smith

The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously approved a cut in the tuition rate for out-of-state students to create a standard tuition rate for all resident and nonresident students across campuses and degree types, beginning in fall 2027. The board preliminarily approved the change at a special meeting on Tuesday. A final vote is […]

Commentary

Alaska’s biggest economic engine lacks visibility

  • Ross Johnson

Half of Alaska’s economic growth from 2015 to 2023 came from one source.  Not oil, which added perhaps $4.5 billion over that stretch.  Not mining or fishing, which together added less than a quarter of that.  Federal spending grew by nearly $9 billion over those years, against roughly $16.5 billion in total state GDP growth.  […]

Commentary

The testing desert: How closing UAA’s testing center isolates Alaskans

  • Talyn Green

I didn’t learn about the permanent closure of the University of Alaska Anchorage Testing Center through a campus press release or a community town hall. I learned about it on a quiet summer afternoon while taking my 14-year-old son to sit for an exam for college credit. Watching a teenager step up, take initiative and […]