Tag: Financial Aid: Page 54

Students

Two-Year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge

Rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system.

October 25, 2009

Community Colleges

College Tuition is Up Sharply Amid Recession

With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.

October 22, 2009

Home

Admissions Yield Rate Decline Creating Enrollment Uncertainty for U.S. Colleges and Universities, Report Says

While U.S. schools see growth among applicants and enrollees, they are experiencing increasing uncertainty over enrollment yield.

October 19, 2009

Community Colleges

Stalled Pursuit of Higher Learning

Undocumented students across the country have been hampered in their quests for higher learning by the dismal economy and restrictive state legislation targeted at immigrants.

October 15, 2009

Home

STUDY INVESTIGATES IF ONLINE EDUCATION IS KEY TO HELPING MORE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OBTAIN DEGREES

Peter Schenk believed a college degree was the key to a more financially stable life. To that end, the 22-year-old worked two jobs to support his family and pay college tuition for himself and his wife.

October 14, 2009

Community Colleges

DERAILED : ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND RESTRICTIVE STATE LEGISLATION STALL UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

As a founder of the University Leadership Initiative, an advocacy group for undocumented students in Texas, Julieta Garibay sorts through the numerous e-mails her organization receives daily.

October 14, 2009

Students

College Cutbacks Make it Harder to Earn Degrees

Deep budget cuts, which force colleges and universities to eliminate courses, are likely to prolong the time and increase the expense for students to earn their degrees.

October 13, 2009

HBCUs

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Stimulus Money Slow To Reach Colleges

An avalanche of funding is expected after slow start to stimulus spending for campus-preservation projects.

September 30, 2009

Students

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Will They Come?

Colleges are anxious to see if new recruiting and retention efforts can stem rising tide of ‘economic dropouts.’

September 16, 2009

Latinx

WASHINGTON UPDATE: Community Colleges To Benefit from New Higher Ed Bill

Ambitious higher education legislation is loaded with student aid, community college improvements.

September 16, 2009

Students

Will They Come?

Colleges are anxious to see if new recruiting and retention efforts can stem rising tide of ‘economic dropouts.’

September 16, 2009

Students

Howard President Responds to Students’ Demands

In an effort to address the student demands raised during the Sept. 4 protest , President Sidney A. Ribeau and Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alvin Thornton sat down with The Hilltop to go through each presented demand.

September 10, 2009