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Commentary: Reducing College Costs Starts From Within

While  college costs have outpaced the inflation rate, one way to curb college costs is to find better and more cost-efficient ways to do things, a financial aid consultant advises.

August 18, 2011

Community Colleges

Feds’ For-Profit Rule Gets Mixed Feedback

After a year of spirited debate on accountability of for-profit colleges, new federal regulations designed to curb abuses in the sector are getting a lukewarm response from many educators.

July 21, 2011

Community Colleges

Two Years After Obama’s College Graduation Initiative, Major Obstacles Remain

Only one in five of those who enroll in community colleges—and, in some states, barely one in 10—graduates in three years, while only about half of students who go to universities get their bachelor’s degrees within six.

July 13, 2011

Students

IHEP Launches College Completion Coalition

The National Coalition for College Completion—made up of civil rights organizations, businesses and student advocacy groups—will focus on increasing access to financial aid and building support networks for low-income students.

June 9, 2011

Students

Diversity Still Matters in Michigan

Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.

June 8, 2011

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Top United Kingdom Academics Form New University

A group of prominent British academics said Sunday they are starting a private liberal arts university in London to rival the country’s elite institutions in Oxford and Cambridge.

June 7, 2011

African-American

Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College

Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.

June 6, 2011

Students

Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access

Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.

June 2, 2011

Students

Financial Aid Doesn’t Stretch To Help Middle Class

Since the state’s need-based grants—and most other federal and state need grants—are distributed based on income, middle-class students are the ones feeling the most pain right now, said financial aid officers at Washington’s universities.

June 1, 2011

Students

Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants

The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.

May 31, 2011

Latinx

DREAM Act Enters New Phase Among Certain Progressive States

States instituting laws antagonizing undocumented immigrants have surged, while the number of states that allow undocumented students to get in-state tuition have peaked.

May 19, 2011

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Policy Report Cites Prison Population as Target for College Attainment

In the national push to increase degree attainment throughout the United States, a new report urges policy-makers to focus more attention on providing post-secondary education to those who are behind bars.

May 10, 2011