Tag: Educational Finance: Page 117

Sports

Colorado Considers Changing College Funding

The Colorado Department of Higher Education is considering changes to the way it allocates $70 million for need-based college grants.

December 17, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Ohio Grants Will Fund College Internships

An $11 million investment by the state of Ohio will create as many as 3,500 internships and co-ops for college students and may help fight the “brain drain” from the Buckeye State, officials said.

December 16, 2012

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs’ Self-Inflicted Wounds, Friendly Fire and Other Consequential Outcomes

.The high turnover rate in leadership at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has reached the crisis stage.

December 16, 2012

Students

Legislators seek money records from Alabama State

Three legislative leaders on education issues have asked Alabama State University for records of all contracts and payments to public officials or their immediate families.

December 13, 2012

Community Colleges

Accreditation Warning Removed at Grambling State

Grambling State University’s accreditation warning has been lifted, one month after the state legislative auditor’s annual financial report for the school found no significant problems.

December 12, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Scandals Threaten FAMU’s Accreditation

A series of scandals in the last year, including the hazing death of a drum major, is now threatening to cost Florida A&M University its academic reputation.

December 11, 2012

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University of Vermont President Wants to Make Admissions Tougher

The new president of the University of Vermont wants to reduce the number of undergraduate students on the Burlington campus and make the school harder to get into for out-of-state applicants, as part of a plan to enhance the quality and affordability of the school.

December 10, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Staff Ordered to Cooperate with Audit

The interim president of Alabama State University is ordering senior staffers to cooperate with an audit at the school.

December 6, 2012

HBCUs

Auditor Says Southern Miss Misused $5.3M in Katrina Aid

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials must decide whether to demand the money’s return or discard the finding.

December 4, 2012

Community Colleges

Education Reform Leader Says ‘Return on Investment’ Overemphasized

Jackson says the case for increasing postsecondary attainment in the United States should not be framed as an economic or political issue.

December 3, 2012

Faculty & Staff

New President for Tennessee State University

The Tennessee Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Glenda Baskin Glover’s appointment as the next president of Tennessee State University.

November 27, 2012

Students

Scott Wants Low-Cost Degrees At Florida Colleges

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of the state’s public universities.

November 26, 2012