By Paul Fain. New York State in 2016 spent $68 million on scholarships that went to students who were attending for-profit colleges, according to a new report from the Century Foundation. More...
22 avril 2018
21 avril 2018
A Partial Fix
By Ashley A. Smith. The budget bill President Trump signed Friday fixes a technical problem for private scholarship providers that rely on federal student aid data to help students pay for college. More...
21 avril 2018
Maryland's Legislature Approves 2-Year Promise Scholarships
By Ashley A. Smith. Lawmakers in Maryland approved legislation Monday that would double the amount of state scholarship money available to low-income community college students in the state. More...
21 avril 2018
Editor: Student Paper Alleging Sex Scandal Stolen
By Ashley A. Smith. The editor of the Spokane Falls Community College student newspaper and a journalism instructor believe someone stole more than 400 copies of an edition of the paper that featured an article about the college's former president, according to The Spokesman-Review. More...
21 avril 2018
Community College Debaters Win National Championship
By Ashley A. Smith. For the first time in 25 years, students from a community college took home the National Collegiate Debate Championship trophy. More...
21 avril 2018
Battery Conviction in Saudi Student's Death
By Elizabeth Redden. A Minneapolis man was acquitted of murder but convicted of aggravated battery in the October 2016 death of a Saudi Arabian student at the University of Wisconsin Stout, the Associated Press reported. More...
21 avril 2018
Arizona Court: DACA Students Ineligible for In-State Tuition
By Elizabeth Redden. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that existing federal and state laws do not allow the Phoenix-area Maricopa County Community College District to offer in-state tuition rates to DACA recipients. More...
21 avril 2018
The Pros and Cons of Purdue’s 7-Year Freeze
By Greg Toppo. Holding tuition flat since 2012-13 has raised the land-grant university’s profile and helped it grow, but it is fueling competition for resources by academic departments -- and Purdue is still working to enroll more students from Indiana. More...
21 avril 2018
Another Higher Ed Bill Stalled in Congress
By Andrew Kreighbaum. With renewal of the Higher Education Act turning into partisan grudge match, a popular career-training bill could be a straightforward accomplishment for Congress. But key lawmakers remain far apart. More...
21 avril 2018
New Study on Income-Driven Repayment Plans
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Enrollment in income-driven repayment plans for student loans can change significantly depending on the particular benefit emphasized to borrowers, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research paper released Monday. More...
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