Tag: Tuition and Fees: Page 31

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

Faculty & Staff

Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court

BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

July 7, 2015

Home

New Congressional Proposal for ‘Free’ College Expected Today

The America’s College Promise Act would provide a federal match of $3 for every $1 invested by states, intended to waive tuition and fees at community, technical and tribal colleges.

July 7, 2015

Students

Vermont to Provide In-state College Tuition to Veterans

Vermont is providing in-state tuition to its public colleges and university to military veterans from around the country.

July 5, 2015

Sports

BCCC in Good Standing; Sojourner-Douglass Loses Accreditation

Two Baltimore schools recently received good and bad news respectively with regard to their accreditation status.

July 5, 2015

Students

Louisiana’s TOPS Scholarship Program Alive and Kicking

Jindal vetoes the attempt to change the TOPS program, a popular merit-based scholarship program that covers college tuition for Louisiana residents attending private and public schools in state.

June 28, 2015

Sports

Vermont State College Seeks to Increase Completion Rate

WATERBURY, Vt. ― Fewer than half of Vermont’s high school graduates go on to get college degrees, and the Vermont State College system is trying to find ways to change that and make sure those who do go on to college complete it.

June 22, 2015

Students

Zuckerberg Gift Allows Undocumented to Pursue Dreams

THEDREAM.US—an Arlington, Va.-based initiative begun in 2013—will help undocumented students who have demonstrated significant unmet financial need pay for college.

June 22, 2015

Sports

When Asian Americans Hear Hate Crime, We Think of Vincent Chin

The anniversary of his beating death in 1982 coincides with the mourning in Charleston.

June 21, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Prosecutor Says Detention of Virginia Student was Justified

A prosecutor said Wednesday that he found no evidence of excessive force or racism by officers involved in the arrest of a University of Virginia student who was bloodied and pinned to the ground in an incident that drew widespread attention.

June 17, 2015

Leadership & Policy

College of Charleston Approves Tuition Increase

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees has voted to approve a tuition increase of 3.25 percent for the 2015-2016 academic year.

June 16, 2015

Community Colleges

Oregon Debates Free Community College Plan

In just the last year or so, Tennessee adopted a plan for free community colleges, as did Chicago and the Community College of Philadelphia. Now the Oregon state legislature is debating whether to institute a similar program.

June 16, 2015