Tag: Educational Finance: Page 76

Students

Inclusion and Acceptance for Students and Staff

Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, Monmouth University is an independent, comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service.

February 5, 2015

Community Colleges

A Community United through Diversity

Founded in 1819, Centre College is a top liberal arts college committed to continuing efforts to build and strengthen a community enriched by differences and founded upon common humanity.

February 5, 2015

Community Colleges

Report Cites Need for NY College Support after Foster Care

Data show one-quarter of New York kids aging out of foster care will be homeless within four years, and half of them will be unemployed at 24.

February 4, 2015

Students

Corinthian Students Lured by Job Prospects Get Loan Break

A federal regulator says Corinthian College students will be forgiven a total of $480 million in loans because the for-profit school used “bogus” job prospects to persuade them to pay tuition with expensive private loans.

February 3, 2015

Community Colleges

Bill Would Allow Credit Card Purchases of Lottery Tickets

The chairman of a powerful Senate committee has proposed changing the law to allow people to use their credit cards to purchase lottery tickets in New Mexico.

February 2, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Undocumented Undergrads Continue to Face Challenges U.S. Energy Department Powers New HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium The Practice of Parents Posting Child Beatings Online Becoming More Common Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men at Community Colleges

January 29, 2015

Faculty & Staff

National Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men

In an effort to improve the outcomes for underrepresented men of color at community colleges, a new national consortium is being launched with the intended purpose of strategizing over how best to serve this growing demographic.

January 28, 2015

MSIs

Lawmaker Wants to Increase State Funding for Tribal Colleges

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker proposed Monday that tribal colleges receive the same per-student funding that community colleges receive.

January 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Top UNC Leader Cites Coincidence in Ross Replacement Timing

It was a coincidence that the oversight board for North Carolina’s public university system began rewriting its 18-year-old rules for finding a new president just before the current leader was forced out, the board’s chairman said Tuesday.

January 27, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Sexual Assault Reports Double at University of Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas received nearly twice as many sexual assault complaints in 2014 than the year before, likely because of increased awareness after public criticism of the school’s handling of rape allegations, a school official said.

January 26, 2015

Students

Florida Gov. Scott Wants to Stop Taxing College Textbooks

College students could be getting a break on the cost of their textbooks under a new proposal announced on Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott.

January 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

2 on Leave at University of Oregon After Records Illegally Released

The University of Oregon has put two unnamed employees on leave after the illegal release of 22,000 pages of records from the president’s office.

January 21, 2015