Tag: Educational Finance: Page 73

Students

Consumer Agency Opens Review of Student Loan Services

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans “stressful or harmful.”

May 14, 2015

Students

Study: Community College Remediation Commonplace in Oregon

Nearly 65 percent of students enrolling in a community college within six years of graduation from high school in Oregon will take at least one non-credit, developmental education class.

May 11, 2015

Opinion

Jameis Winston Gets What He Wanted; Did FSU?

Jameis Winston gave everyone a tip-off that he hasn’t learned a thing after breezing through two years of fun and football at Florida State.

May 3, 2015

Latinx

California Producing Too Few Latino College Grads

Broken practices and unproductive policies at California public colleges and universities pose serious barriers to Latino college success and potentially jeopardize the state’s future economy, a new report says.

May 3, 2015

Leadership & Policy

In Case You Missed It…

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May 1, 2015

Community Colleges

2015 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs

The Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs national survey was first commissioned by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in 2011.

April 30, 2015

Students

Indiana University Southeast

Founded in 1941, Indiana University Southeast is the regional campus of Indiana University and serves southern Indiana and the Greater Louisville metropolitan area.

April 30, 2015

Students

Some Former Corinthian Students to Have Loans Forgiven

A top education official said Wednesday that the 16,000 former Corinthian Colleges students who saw their campuses abruptly close this week will automatically have their federal student loans discharged ― but only if they agree to forgo any credits they earned at the schools.

April 29, 2015

Students

N.C. Central Law School Awarded $250K Professorship

The North Carolina Central University School of Law has received a $250,000 gift from John D. Fassett, attorney and former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk at the time of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. The gift will assist the School of Law in creating an endowed professorship for a faculty member who […]

April 27, 2015

African-American

ED Data Verify Damage Done to HBCUs

The Department of Education recently acknowledged that the controversial 2011 changes to Parent Plus Loan qualification standards did, in fact, adversely affect historically Black colleges and universities.

April 23, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Purdue Unveils Technology Park Focused on Aerospace Industry

Purdue University has unveiled plans to establish an aerospace technology park that will allow it to partner with private companies to research and design new technology.

April 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JOEL PEREZ

JOEL PÉREZ has been appointed vice president and dean of students at Whittier College. He was dean of students for community life at Seattle Pacific University. Pérez earned a bachelor’s from Biola University, a master’s from Azusa Pacific University and a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University.

April 20, 2015