Tag: Financial Aid: Page 42

International

Obama Administration Launches College Scorecard

The national movement to make higher education institutions more transparent in terms of their comparative costs and student outcomes got a lift with the launch of the web-based College Scorecard resource tool.

February 13, 2013

African-American

TRIO Program Advocates Seek Support in Congress

TRIO program advocates made a timely plea for congressional support of what is the federal government’s oldest group of college outreach and retention programs for low-income and aspiring first-generation college students.

February 6, 2013

Students

Higher Education Leaders Wary of Increased Federal Oversight

Administrators see more regulation coming down the road, and they say complying with existing regulations is partly to blame for the rising cost of education.

February 5, 2013

Sports

King’s Dream Should Spark Lives of Service

The question posed by King and reaffirmed by others is, “What are you doing for others?”

February 3, 2013

Students

Debt Concerns Change Way Students Earn Degrees

A Whiteland senior is hoping to graduate from college without any student loan debt.

January 31, 2013

Home

Report Discusses Top Trends in Student Enrollment

Trends “have created a marketplace situation where higher education administrators must think differently and evolve in a manner that responds to the needs of individuals, families and our society.”

January 24, 2013

Students

Incoming Freshmen Consider Cost and Value of Degree When Choosing School

The desires to get a good job and earn more money are playing historically high roles in incoming freshmen’s reasons for going to college.

January 23, 2013

Students

Tribal Colleges in NM Seek Scholarship Eligibility

Tribal colleges in New Mexico want their students to have the same eligibility for the state’s lottery scholarships as students attending state colleges and universities.

January 22, 2013

Students

Three More Schools Win OK To Waive Out-Of-State Costs

Mississippi Valley State University on Thursday became the second public university to allow all out-of-state residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in Mississippi.

January 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Deferred-action Immigration May Get Tuition Break

Pima Community College may give in-state tuition breaks to students who qualify under the federal government’s deferred-deportation program.

January 21, 2013

Disabilties

New Pell Grant Restrictions Lower Enrollment

New regulations enacted by Congress in June have stripped Pell Grant eligibility from nearly 3,000 Mississippi students.

January 10, 2013

Community Colleges

Indiana to Incentivize Graduation

Indiana’s education chief says lawmakers need to make wiser investments in higher education to improve the state’s college graduation rate, including new financial aid incentives for students who earn top grades and graduate on time.

January 10, 2013