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Students

UConn Expands Tuition Benefits for Veterans

STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees has voted to expand a program that gives tuition breaks to some veterans and their dependents.

August 5, 2015

Students

Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation

A Senate committee is pondering structural reforms that would improve student graduation rates.

August 5, 2015

Home

Feds Accuse Philadelphia Congressman Fattah of Corruption

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah paid off a campaign loan with charitable donations and federal grants, funneled campaign money to pay down his son’s student loan debt and disguised a lobbyist’s bribe as payment for a car he never sold, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing a racketeering indictment against the congressman.

July 29, 2015

Students

FTC Investigating Online College University of Phoenix

The University of Phoenix, which runs an online college popular among military veterans, is under federal investigation for possible deceptive or unfair business practices, its parent company the Apollo Education Group told shareholders Wednesday.

July 29, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Push for Wage Reform Continues in NY

Rather than ending New York’s long debate over the minimum wage, the plan to give a big pay bump to fast-food workers guarantees the debate will continue in the halls of the state Capitol for years to come.

July 28, 2015

Students

Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream

William Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”

July 22, 2015

African-American

Jobs Elusive for Puerto Ricans Flocking to Central Florida

MIAMI — Mayra Rios didn’t want to leave her native Puerto Rico, but the constant bullying that her autistic son faced at school and the lack of services available to him were the last blows. “Over there, it’s almost impossible to live,” she said in Spanish at her modest two-bedroom Orlando apartment. “There’s a blow […]

July 21, 2015

African-American

The Sad Reality of Bill Cosby’s Downfall

Last week, a U.S district judge ordered that depositions given by Bill Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit be unsealed and made available for public consumption.

July 14, 2015

Home

Colleges Rebrand to Attract More Students

What’s in a name? For colleges looking to gain prestige along with more students and precious out-of-state tuition dollars, plenty.

July 12, 2015

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015