Tag: Educational Finance: Page 65

Faculty & Staff

On Blazers and Blackness

Sometimes it’s the forced, extra warm smile. It could be an overtly cordial greeting with disarming jokes. It might mean shirking natural hairstyles. For some, it’s even changing the inflection of their voice.

August 30, 2015

African-American

Study Outlines Benefits of Refinancing Student Loans

Recent college graduates should consider refinancing their student loans as one of the many options that might help them to save money in the long term.

August 26, 2015

Students

Haslam to Help Kick Off 2-year College Free-tuition Program

Gov. Bill Haslam is visiting several community colleges this week to help kick off his Tennessee Promise program.

August 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Scranton University Faculty Protest Contract on Move-in Day

Some University of Scranton faculty members picked freshman move-in day to demonstrate for what they called “a fair contract.”

August 23, 2015

Students

Saved for now, Sweet Briar College Looks for a Long-term Fix

Weeks into his presidency at Sweet Briar College, Phillip C. Stone knows that, without a serious change in fortune, the salvation will only be temporary.

August 23, 2015

Community Colleges

Calif. Community Colleges Could Require Sexual Assault Disclosures

The California Senate has approved legislation requiring community college applicants to disclose if they’ve been previously expelled for sexual assault.

August 20, 2015

HBCUs

Grad Student Employees Lose Health Insurance Subsidy

The University of Missouri said it is eliminating subsidies that help pay health insurance costs for graduate students employed by the school.

August 17, 2015

Faculty & Staff

President of Connecticut Board of Regents System to Resign

The president of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education announced Friday that he will resign effective Dec. 31, ending a rocky two-year tenure overseeing the state college and university system.

August 16, 2015

Students

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), known as an “Honor’s University in Maryland,” remains an innovative leader in higher education.

August 13, 2015

Students

University of Miami

University of Miami SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Coral Gables, FL Dr. Patricia A. Whitely Founded in 1925 Vice President of Student Affairs http://www.miami.edu/sa/index.php/student_affairs/ The University of Miami (UM), affectionately known as “the U,” is a private research university with nearly 16,000 students from around the world. UM is a vibrant and diverse academic community committed […]

August 13, 2015

Latinx

Michigan Schools on Hook for Native American Tuition Program

Michigan’s public colleges and universities are on the hook for millions of dollars each year because a program that provides free tuition to Native American students isn’t fully funded.

August 12, 2015

African-American

Expanding Postsecondary Opportunities for Incarcerated Americans

In the past three decades the United States’ incarceration rate has exploded, with seven million people currently behind bars, on probation, or parole.

August 12, 2015