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MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

Home

New Congressional Proposal for ‘Free’ College Expected Today

The America’s College Promise Act would provide a federal match of $3 for every $1 invested by states, intended to waive tuition and fees at community, technical and tribal colleges.

July 7, 2015

Sports

BCCC in Good Standing; Sojourner-Douglass Loses Accreditation

Two Baltimore schools recently received good and bad news respectively with regard to their accreditation status.

July 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Ohio State Denies Ex-band Director’s Defamation Claims

The reputation of Ohio State University’s fired band director was not harmed by the university or anyone acting on its behalf, the school said in a court filing asking a judge to dismiss the director’s $1 million defamation lawsuit.

June 25, 2015

Community Colleges

ED Scraps Plans for College Ratings System

The Department of Education announced Thursday that it is shelving plans to move forward on a controversial college rating system and instead will offer a tool providing data that allows the user to compare schools to each other.

June 25, 2015

Home

Navient Begins Settlement Payments for Overcharging Servicemembers

In addition to paying out a total of $60 million to 77,795 servicemembers who were overcharged on their student loans, Navient must pay the federal government $55,000 in civil penalties.

June 24, 2015

African-American

S.C. State Granted Extension of Loan Repayment

The state’s Budget and Control Board has agreed to grant its request to extend repayment of a $6 million loan.

June 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

City College of San Francisco Advocates Clear Another Hurdle

Advocates of the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) have been locked in a lawsuit since 2013.

June 18, 2015

Sports

Catholic College in Massachusetts Closing

A small Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts has announced that it is closing at the end of the academic year due to “insurmountable financial challenges.”

June 16, 2015