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EducationDepartment todayunveilsa website onwhich it is publishing for the first time listsidentifying thenation’smost expensivecolleges.

Thelists, which alsoincludethe least expensivecolleges, were created to help students and fam-ilies make informed decisions — and to holdcollegesaccountable forrising tuition.

“We hope this information will encourageschools to continue in their efforts to make thecosts of college more transparent,” EducationSecretaryArne Duncan saidWednesday.

The lists, which do not include current tuitioncharges, are based on data colleges report annu-ally to the federal government. The rankings arebroken down into sections for private, public,for-profitand communitycolleges.

TheEducationDepartmentgave collegesa peekat the data this week, but most haven’t had achance to digest it,said TerryHartle,chieflobbyistforthe American Council on Education. He said itwill be of limited use to families, in part becausethe methodology is “fairly complex.” But therankings have raised concerns among collegeofficials. “Any time somebody does this sort of aprioritizing . . . is a big deal, particularly if it has

the weight of the Department of Education be-hind it,” said Roland King, spokesman for theNational Association of Independent Colleges andUniversities. “There areso many chances formis-interpretation.”

Under federal law, colleges with the fastest-rising published tuitions and net prices — about530 — will now have to explain to EducationDepartmentofficials whytheir costswent up andwhat stepsthey’lltake toreducethem.

Among reactionsfrom thoseschools:uCalifornia State University system spokes-

man Mike Uhlenkamp said fast-increasing tu-itions posted by several campuses “are a directreflectionof thebudget situationin California.”uPaul Panesar, president of Coleman Univer-

sity in SanDiego, said thedatacast hisinstitutioninan “undeservedly bad light.”u  John Bassett, president of Heritage Univer-

sity in Toppenish, Wash., said he is undisturbed:“Ifanythingourtuition isstilltoo low.”

Costly collegeshave explaining to doEducation Departmentpostinglists of most expensive online

By MaryBeth Marklein andLuke Kerr-DineenUSA TODAY

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The housing market is hurting nationally, butit appears to be marching toward recovery in ahandful of mostly rural states, economic fore-casters say.

The states — including North Dakota, SouthDakota, Iowaand Alaska — haveeconomiesmoredependent on the energy, industrial or agricul-turalsectors, thestrongerparts of theU.S. econo-my. Their home prices, in general, didn’t rise asmuch as in other states in the boom years, sothey’ve fared better in the wake of the crash.Their unemployment rates tend to best the na-tional average.

“Housing is a messall over the place, butit’s less of a mess in

some places,” says JimDiffley, regional hous-ing economist for IHSGlobal Insight.

Several of the small-er Midwestern statesappear “on the road torecovery,” says Jona-than Smoke, executivedirector for researchfor Housing Intelli-gencePro, which tracksreal estate in 800 mar-kets nationwide.

The company com-pared sales of homesnot hit or threatenedby foreclosures for the12 months ending inMarch with sales in2006, the peak of the national housing bubble.Excluding distressed sales gives researchers a

better view of what normal housing marketslooklike.

North Dakota, Iowa and Wyoming have seenthe strongest rebound in numbers of non-dis-tressed home sales, thedatashow. NorthDakotawas the only state where sales in the recentperiod rose from 2006, Housing Intelligencefound.Iowaand Wyoming reached about 70%of their2006levels.In 34of 47statesfor whichdatawere available, volumes were at less than half their2006 levels.

Oklahoma and Nebraska saw the biggestjumps in prices per square foot for non-dis-tressed homes: 17% and 12%, respectively. Priceson a per-square-foot basis offer some adjust-ment for different types of homes that may beselling at anygiven time.

South Dakota and Alaska also appear amongthe states “least vulnerable” to further homeprice declines given their stronger economies,says Capital Economics economist Paul Dales. Inthe first quarter, Alaska house prices rose 2.7%year-over-year,according to theFederal HousingFinance Agency. They fell 5.5% nationally. SouthDakotahas oneof thenation’slowestunemploy-ment rates,at 4.8% inMay vs.9.1%nationwide.

Existing home sales data also show strongdemand forhousingin the state, Dalessays.

States with fewer troubled loans are likely tohave fewer foreclosures, which can be a drag onprices. As of May, the states with the lowestpercentage of loans that were delinquent or inforeclosure were Montana, Wyoming, Arkansas,South Dakota and North Dakota, says LenderProcessing Services.

NoU.S. regionis likelyto seestableprices untillate this year. Some maydeclinelonger,Moody’sAnalytics says. The slowing pace of the U.S.economic recovery alsoposes risksfor Midwest-ern economies, which have benefited fromstrengtheningin manufacturing,Moody’ssays.

Housingturningaroundin spotsRecovery’s afoot in

several rural statesBy JulieSchmitUSA TODAY

Source: Housing

IntelligencePro

ByJulieSnider,USA TODAY 

Prices

edge upIncrease in non-distressed home saleprices from 2006 tothe 12 months end-ing March 31, on aper-square-footbasis:

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Shade does more than protect children’s skin.A growing number of advocates say it also mayhelpchildrenbe moreactive.

At a time when one-third of chil-dren are obese or overweight, amovement is growing to providemore shade at playgrounds, parksand pools, both to reduce future cancer risk andpromote exercise, says Richard Louv, co-founderof the Children & Nature Network, a non-profitthatencourages kidsto getoutside.

“It’s right under the surface, but the momen-tum has been increasing,” says Colleen Doyle of 

Kids flocked to two redesigned New York Cityplaygrounds last year to check out the shiny,stainless-steel climbing domes. But they reactedwithmore thansquealsof delight.

On sunny days, theclimbingdomesquicklygothotter than a frying pan. Children scalded theirhands, which prompted park officials to install atent over the dome in Union Square and toremove the domes in BrooklynBridge Park.

The uproar highlights a problem that makesmany parents as hot as a metal slide: a lack of 

shade at most of the places that children spendtheir summers.At stake is far more than playtime comfort.

Though children have always dealt with the

Shade provides playground relief while protectingagainst health risks. There just isn’t enough of it.

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 TuitionNationalaverage

Publicin-statePennStateMaincampus

$14,416 $6,397

PrivateBatesCollegeMaine

$51,300 $21,324

For-profitfour-year

Sanford-BrownCollegeVirginia

$45,628 $15,661

 Topping listsat collegecost.ed.gov

Source:EducationDepartment