DEALING WITH THE DOWNTURN

With families less confident about being able to pay for higher education, many colleges pitch in with additional forms of aid. In Michigan, for example, colleges help students who had relied on the Big Three automakers for tuition reimbursements, which are no long forthcoming. (Leaders of the Big Three, above, on Capitol Hill to testify about their troubled industry.) (Photograph by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images)

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LOCATION, LOCATION, ADMONITION: Colleges and universities in the nation's capital are warning students against turning a buck by turning their dormitory rooms into guest suites for visitors to the presidential inauguration.