Tag: Financial Aid: Page 51

Students

Study: Majority of Institutions Receive Applications from Undocumented Students

In a survey released today, the National Association of College Admission Counseling reports that 60 percent of surveyed schools indicated that they had received college applications from undocumented students.

June 15, 2010

Community Colleges

Illinois Turns Away 27,000 for Financial Aid Grant Program

The state agency that distributes the Monetary Award Program financial aid payments says an increase in demand has forced it to turn down almost 27,000 students, and that figure could grow to 200,000 by the fall.

May 25, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College

Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.

May 23, 2010

Students

Needy Students Don’t Apply for Financial Aid, College Board Report Says

The financially neediest students are the least likely to apply for financial aid, according to a new study titled “The Financial Aid Challenge” by the College Board’s Advocacy and Policy Center.

May 19, 2010

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Seek Federal Dollars To Hold Off Job Cuts

With no end in sight to surging enrollments and funding that falls short of need, community colleges are asking Congress for more financial help to protect institutions from potentially damaging faculty and staff cutbacks.

May 12, 2010

Students

Minority Student Activists Protest Education Cuts

In California, there is a growing movement of minority students rallying around a new cause—fighting a budget crisis that’s undermining access to higher education at a time when students of color have become a stronger demographic force.

May 12, 2010

Students

Report: Blacks Have Heaviest College Debt

A College Board study, Who Borrows Most? Bachelor’s Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt, released today reports that undergraduate student debt is heavier among African-American bachelor’s degree recipients than among graduates from other racial and ethnic groups.

April 26, 2010

Home

As Recession Ebbs, Heavy Debt Threatens U.S. Higher Education

As the nation’s economy struggles to gain steady footing, experts say accumulating debt threatens the long-term financial security of U.S. colleges and universities in the recession’s aftermath.

April 25, 2010

Sports

University of Connecticut, NFL Launch Korey Stringer Institute

Partnered with the widow of the late professional football player Korey Stringer, the NFL and the University of Connecticut have collaborated to open the Korey Stringer Institute at UConn’s Neag School of Education to combat heat-related sports fatalities.

April 20, 2010

HBCUs

Minor Crime Convictions Proving Harmful to Student Ambitions

As minor as a misdemeanor conviction may appear to college students, it can live in government records forever, undermine the job prospects of otherwise stellar candidates, and cause major damage to long-term career aspirations.

April 15, 2010

Students

Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say

House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.

March 22, 2010

Students

Forum: Reformers Urged To Continue Advocacy for Student Aid Overhaul

National advocates for simplifying the federal student aid program urged colleagues gathered at a College Board policy forum Thursday in Washington to prepare for a long-term campaign for change.

March 18, 2010