About 500 public colleges and universities are participating in Project Degree Completion to help students move through college in a timely way. Some colleges now offer three-year bachelor’s degree programs. And a growing number of private, nonprofit colleges are cutting tuition, matching public-university tuition, or offering guarantees that students can graduate in four years (or finish at no cost if they don’t).
One new resource: College Factual (www.collegefactual.com), which offers value rankings and enables users to tailor comparisons.
