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Courtney McAnuff Steers Rutgers’ Commitment to Diversity

Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management at Rutgers University, helped create the Future Scholars program and other pathways for diverse populations.

October 18, 2016

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Student Loan Debt for Graduates Up 4 Percent in 2015

When students graduated from college in 2014, those who borrowed money to pay for college owed an average of $28,950. Now the average debt is $30,100 — 4 percent higher — for those who graduated in 2015.

October 17, 2016

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South African Police Arrest Student Protest Leader

JOHANNESBURG ― South African police raided a university student residence in Johannesburg early Sunday, arresting a leader of sometimes violent protests for free education who caused an outcry last year when he declared admiration for Adolf Hitler. The arrest of Mcebo Dlamini, a former student council president at the University of the Witwatersrand, followed recent […]

October 16, 2016

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Department of Education, DeVry University Reach Settlement

Critics say the for-profit institution is getting off lightly after making an unsubstantiated claim simply because it has the money to stay in business.

October 13, 2016

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South African Campus Hit by Second Day of Student Unrest

JOHANNESBURG ― South African riot police fought stone-throwing students for a second consecutive day at a university campus on Tuesday amid national calls by demonstrators for free higher education. Clashes broke out when students hurled rocks at a central building at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and police fired rubber bullets to disperse […]

October 11, 2016

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Diverse Conversations: 2 Things to Know Before Paying for Private College

Here are two things everyone should know before forking over money for that elite private college education.

October 11, 2016

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Colleges, Universities Making Retention, Completion Priority

Colleges and universities are working to boost retention and completion rates after a steady decline in recent years.

October 10, 2016

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Inmates, Parolees can take Advantage of Pilot Program

TULSA, Okla. ― Hundreds of Arkansas inmates and parolees are participating in a three-year federal pilot program that lets state and federal prisoners use financial aid to pay for college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the program reverses a 1994 congressional ban on students in federal and state prisons from being eligible for Pell grants. Pell […]

October 9, 2016

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South Africa’s University Protests Show Racial Division

JOHANNESBURG ― In a racially charged scene, a mostly Black group of South African student protesters on Wednesday confronted White students who want demonstrations for free education to stop so they can complete the academic year. The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said “many racist remarks” were made when demonstrators disrupted a march there […]

October 5, 2016

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South African Police Fight Students Demanding Free Education

JOHANNESBURG ― South African students protesting for free education disrupted lectures at one of the country’s leading universities on Tuesday, clashing with police who tried to disperse crowds with tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades. The violence at the University of the Witwatersrand, or Wits, in Johannesburg erupted despite an appeal from the vice-chancellor, […]

October 4, 2016

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Guillermo: Close Tax Loopholes to Finance Free College Tuition Plan

The revelation of Donald Trump’s loss of nearly a billion dollars in 1995, according to his tax records obtained by the New York Times, may bolster the visibility of the free-college tuition issue on the campaign trail. Trump’s declared losses of $916 million on his 1995 return would have allowed him not to pay any […]

October 3, 2016

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South Africa’s Zuma says Protests Put Universities in Peril

JOHANNESBURG ― Recent violent protests at some South African universities have caused about $44 million in property damage and threaten to sabotage the country’s system of higher education, President Jacob Zuma said Monday. Zuma spoke at a national education forum as the University of Cape Town re-opened despite some disruptions by students who said they […]

October 3, 2016