Tag: Tuition and Fees: Page 103

Students

Democrats Propose New Student Aid Plan

Seeking to jump-start congressional discussions on higher education, a coalition of Democrats is proposing an ambitious new higher education plan that could include more than $150 billion in new funds over the next 10 years.

July 27, 2006

Students

New Scholarship Program Really Vouchers2.0?

Four congressional Republicans joined U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday to unveil a new initiative to provide $4,000 scholarships to at-risk, K-12 youth who want to leave failing public schools for private education.

July 17, 2006

Leadership & Policy

“Wow!”

I just want to thank God for having this wonderful article on my great school. I love where Wilberforce…

July 12, 2006

Home

Congress Takes Up Competing Bills On In-state Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are on a collision course this summer over a plan that would…

July 12, 2006

Students

Handout or Helping Hand?

Fabiola Cadet’s dream of going to college will finally come true this fall when she starts classes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College…

July 12, 2006

Students

Increasing Student Loan Rates

For Carmen Berkley, an African-American student leader with five college loans and some knowledge of the financial aid system…

June 28, 2006

Students

Virginia State Boosts Aid to Limit Student Debt

Beginning this fall, academically gifted, low-income Virginia State University students will get enough financial…

June 28, 2006

Faculty & Staff

An HBCU Transformed

Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University…

June 14, 2006

Faculty & Staff

An HBCU Transformed

Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University…

June 14, 2006

Students

HBCU Boosts Aid to Limit Student Debt

Beginning this fall, academically gifted, low-income Virginia State University students will get enough financial aid to cover 100 percent of their college costs through a new program to limit the debt burden of students at the historically Black university.

June 11, 2006

Latinx

New Mexico State Hopes to Draw Students from Minority-Serving Institutions

New Mexico State University regents, seeking to boost enrollment, have approved three programs involving out-of-state tuition waivers — including a pilot project to analyze the elimination of nonresident tuition.

May 15, 2006

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New Wars Prompt New Look At ‘War Orphan’ Tuition Waivers

Brisa Dorff is 5 years old and won’t start kindergarten until this fall, but if she stays in Minnesota her college tuition should be covered. Dorff’s father, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, died two years ago when his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Iraq. A World War II-era law on Minnesota’s books entitles children of fallen soldiers to free tuition at public universities.

May 10, 2006