Tag: Financial Aid: Page 64

Students

A Waning Priority

Despite high expectations with Democratic Congress, public policy groups are losing hopes of repealing financial aid ban on students convicted of minor drug offenses.

May 28, 2008

Students

Fostering an Inclusive Environment

Leaders at Cal Poly Pomona aim to create an inclusive environment for undocumented students, first by creating an AB 540 liaison.

May 28, 2008

Latinx

Diverse Calendar

June 18-22 Association of American Colleges and Universities 8th Annual Greater Expectations Institute “Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion and Achievement” Cliff Lodge & Spa Snowbird, Utah Web: www.aacu.org June 21-24Association of College and University Housing Officers — International 2008 ACUHO-I Annual Conference & Exposition Disney Coronado Springs Resort Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Web: www.acuho-i.org […]

May 28, 2008

Students

Public Relations Masks the Real College-Access Crisis

The wealthiest universities enroll the smallest percentage of low-income students — this has to change.

May 28, 2008

Students

Community College Financial Aid Lacking for N.C. Students, Report Finds

A report released today criticizes the grant and financial aid programs that serve the state’s 58 community colleges, saying the aid programs fall short of the financial support a typical community college student needs.

May 21, 2008

Students

Feds Offer Help to Student Loan Industry

Student loan companies, squeezed by the credit crisis, are getting some help from the federal government.

May 21, 2008

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Diverse Calendar

June 2-6 African-American Leadership Institute UCLA Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Web: www.anderson.ucla.edu/EEPaali.xml June 10-14 National Association of Black Accountants Inc. 37th Annual National Convention and Expo Hilton Hotel AtlantaAtlanta Web: www.nabainc.org June 11-15 2008 International Assessment and Retention Conference “Assessment Reconsidered: Improving Learning, Student Success and Transparency” West Klerland Resort […]

May 14, 2008

Community Colleges

US Congress Moving To Expand Veterans’ College Benefits

Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this U.S. election season and become an albatross for Republicans.

May 12, 2008

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Perspectives: True Access to American Colleges & Universities

The federal government has a huge role to play in making college accessible and affordable. How about providing financial incentives to those institutions that are aggressively enrolling low-income students – the kind of students ever more present in the educational pipeline? What they should not do is impose spending rates on college endowments, as was proposed recently.

May 11, 2008

Community Colleges

The BABY BOOM ECHO

College demographics shift will test readiness for diversity, institutional savvy.

April 30, 2008

Students

ON THE LOSING END

From the subprime mortgage crisis to the subsequent credit crunch, minorities are feeling the heat.

April 30, 2008

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Appeals court upholds dismissal of loan lawsuit

A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit that sought to strike down a law that denies federal financial aid to college students convicted of drug offenses.

April 29, 2008