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In 2009, Sallie Mae launched How America Saves for College. To understand how American families are planning for their children’s education, the study captures data on parents’ decision-making about savings, the use of savings vehicles, and the amount they save, as well as attitudes toward paying for their children’s future college education. Read more...

By Patrick McGreevy. Administrators from California’s two public university systems called Wednesday for the state to provide student loans to some immigrants in the country illegally to cover expenses not met with state scholarships. UC President Janet Napolitano and Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez said their  university systems are backing legislation creating the loan program, which will cost the state and campuses up to $9.1 million the first year. More...

By Susan Galer. When I first blogged about MOOCs about a year ago, they were causing significant consternation about the fate of education. This hasn’t stopped their exponential growth across business and academia. Harvard Business School has introduced its online learning system, HBX.  California-based online course provider Coursera just snared ex-Yale president, Richard C. Levin, as its new chief executive. There’s also movement afoot, backed by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to review how credit is offered, including looking at digital badges, that contain a record of student coursework across institutions. More...

By Joseph Spector. The Rochester Institute of Technology is expected to win approval Thursday from the state to have two areas designated as tax-free zones under New York's new initiative. RIT would be the first private college in the state to have a plan approved to market parts of its campus as tax free as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Start-Up NY program. The college's plan is set for approval by the Start-UP NY Approval Board. More...

By Carrie Wells. The body overseeing higher education in Maryland unveiled a new four-year plan Wednesday intended to help serve the low-income, first-generation and nontraditional students that make up a growing segment of the academic population.
The Maryland Higher Education Commission's plan is also meant to push the state toward Gov. Martin O'Malley's goal of increasing the proportion of college-educated Marylanders to 55 percent by 2025. Read more...

By Sam Howard. Members of the Ohio House of Representatives passed provisions Wednesday for the state's budget review that would alter how the state deals with public higher education.
The bill passed overwhelmingly in the House, coming on the heels of contentious floor debate on another state budget review bill that lasted the better part of two-and-a-half hours. More...

By Michael Levenson and Joshua Miller. Proposal includes money for higher education, drug treatment, rejects governor’s call for new taxes. House leaders released a proposed $36.2 billion budget Wednesday that increases funding for drug treatment, higher education, and local aid, but rejects Governor Deval Patrick’s push for new taxes and trims some of his priorities, including early education programs. The budget represented a cautious and incremental blueprint, with some targeted spending increases but no jarring policy shifts that could anger key constituencies in a year when members of the House are gearing up for reelection this fall. More...

Proposal includes money for higher education, drug treatment, rejects governor’s call for new taxes