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Texas OKs Bill Increasing Community Colleges Offering 4-year Degrees

The Texas Legislature approved a bill on Monday that would allow more community colleges in the state to offer four-year degree programs.

May 30, 2017

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Advocates View HBCUs’ Future Warily

TMCF President Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. suggested that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.

May 29, 2017

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Eastern Illinois University Waives Application Fee

CHARLESTON, Ill. — An Illinois university is taking aggressive measures to recruit new high school students to its campus. Eastern Illinois University announced Thursday that it will open its application process next week for the fall 2018 semester and waive its $30 application fee for incoming freshman and transfer students until Oct. 2, The News-Gazette […]

May 29, 2017

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Maryland Bill Restricting Crime-record Use in School Admission Vetoed

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a bill on Friday that would stop public colleges from using information about a student’s criminal history to automatically restrict a student’s admission. Hogan said he supports policies that recognize people have potential, despite criminal histories. However, the governor said he believes the bill jeopardizes student safety […]

May 29, 2017

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Rural Regional College Approved for Northwest Pennsylvania

WARREN, Pa. — State education officials have given the green light for an educational institution to provide low-cost instruction for nine northwestern Pennsylvania counties lacking a community college. The Pennsylvania Department of Education last week approved plans by the Rural Regional College of Northern Pennsylvania to enroll students in the fall in a partnership with […]

May 29, 2017

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Texas Might Increase Number of Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s Degrees

The Texas state legislature is considering expanding the number of community colleges that offer bachelor’s degrees in the state.

May 25, 2017

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Study: Reduced Community College Tuition Not Impacting 4-year Enrollment

A recent study found that a steep drop in community college tuition typically sparks significant enrollment increases of recent high school graduates without diverting many from four-year, public institutions.

May 25, 2017

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Congressional Committee Directs Ire at Runcie

James Runcie’s resignation as chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid was the subject of heated discussion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting on Thursday.

May 25, 2017

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Hungary Sees No Reason to Change Law Affecting Soros School

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s government said Thursday it sees no reason to alter the recently amended education law which could force a university founded by billionaire George Soros to leave the country. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said the conflict over Budapest-based Central European University was “political hysteria.” Janos Lazar said the government’s […]

May 25, 2017

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College Renames Building Amid Link to Racial Segregation

EWING, N.J. — The College of New Jersey has changed the name of a building amid concern its namesake was a racial segregationist. Paul Loser Hall was renamed Trenton Hall on Wednesday by the college board of trustees. The move comes a week after President R. Barbara Gitenstein accepted an advisory commission’s recommendation. The public […]

May 25, 2017

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Lawsuit Alleges Professor Failed Student for Being Muslim

CRANFORD, N.J. — A student is suing a New Jersey college, claiming her professor gave her an F in a course because she is Muslim. Sahna ElBanna alleged in the lawsuit that she endured a spring 2016 semester of Union County College professor Toby Grodner making derogatory comments that all Muslims were terrorists, but ElBanna […]

May 25, 2017

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Bloomsburg University to Guide Foster Care Youth Toward College

This summer, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will roll out a program designed to encourage more students from the foster care system to attend college.

May 24, 2017