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Latinx

Significant Increase in College-bound Hispanics Projected For The South

The current number of Hispanic high school graduates in the 16 states that constitute the Southern Regional Education Board is projected to more than double by 2022, outpacing national projections, according to a new report released by Denver-based Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

March 19, 2008

Students

House Omits Protection Against “Wild West” Lenders

Despite renewing HEA, Congress leaves out assistance for low-income borrowers unable to pay off high-interest, private education loans.

March 19, 2008

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Sex Offenders Collect Financial Aid

Prison inmates are ineligible for Pell Grants under a 1994 law, but some sex offenders are exploiting a loophole to pay for correspondence courses upon transferring to treatment facilities. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla, is outraged by this use of limited college resources “while hardworking young people from lower-class families are flipping hamburgers to pay for college.”

March 17, 2008

Students

Exclusive: Iowa Student Loan Won’t Offer Private Loans

A tightening credit market could make life increasingly difficult this fall for college students who may not find money available to borrow or could be forced to ask their parents to co-sign a loan.

March 16, 2008

Students

Lawmakers Seek to Safeguard Access to Student Loans

With urban, low-income students most likely to face the fallout from the student loan credit crunch, House lawmakers say the Department of Education should prepare a contingency ‘lender of last resort’ program to assure continued access to loan capital.

March 16, 2008

Students

HBCU Presidents Take Their Case For Funding To Congress

A panel of HBCU presidents and administrators stressed the need for greater federal financial support during a congressional hearing Wednesday intended to address the many obstacles facing America’s private and public historically Black colleges and universities.

March 12, 2008

Students

Michigan Universities Asked To Help Foster Youth With Financial Aid

This June, when foster youth in Michigan graduate from high school and apply for federal higher education funds, they’ll find that money is painfully tight.

March 11, 2008

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Letters

‘A CHURCH IS A CHURCH’ “College of William & Mary Head Resigns, Raises Diversity Issues in Resignation Letter,” Feb. 13, 2008  Some educators are being politically correct to the point of having no common sense. Why would you remove a cross from a church? I am a Christian and if I were to attend a […]

March 4, 2008

Latinx

Congress To Give More, Demand More

A Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases.

March 4, 2008

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Brown University Offers Free Tuition to Low-Income Students

Brown University students whose parents earn less than $60,000 will not have to pay the $47,740 it costs to attend the university each year, the university decided in an attempt to lighten the load of college debt on students.

February 25, 2008

Community Colleges

How One Community College Gave Displaced Factory Workers the Confidence to Enroll

PROBLEM A few years ago, hundreds of displaced factory workers in southern Iowa were looking for training to reintegrate into the workforce when the Exide Battery Corp., closed shop in the area and they were laid off. ACTION Community leaders, administrators from Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa, and displaced workers gathered to come up […]

February 19, 2008

HBCUs

Morgan State Audit May Lead to Criminal Investigation

Auditors’ findings that Morgan State University made up to $2.4 million in “questionable” and duplicate payments to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. may lead the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into the matter, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The auditors, who work for the Maryland state legislature, found contract irregularities with Morgan State’s […]

February 19, 2008