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Students

Corinthian Students Lured by Job Prospects Get Loan Break

A federal regulator says Corinthian College students will be forgiven a total of $480 million in loans because the for-profit school used “bogus” job prospects to persuade them to pay tuition with expensive private loans.

February 3, 2015

Community Colleges

Bill Would Allow Credit Card Purchases of Lottery Tickets

The chairman of a powerful Senate committee has proposed changing the law to allow people to use their credit cards to purchase lottery tickets in New Mexico.

February 2, 2015

Students

Higher Ed’s Super Bowl Dilemma: Go to Game or Pay for Dartmouth?

Hmm. But you can still drink a heck of a lot more at Dartmouth — for now.

February 1, 2015

MSIs

Lawmaker Wants to Increase State Funding for Tribal Colleges

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker proposed Monday that tribal colleges receive the same per-student funding that community colleges receive.

January 27, 2015

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California Governor, Napolitano Get OK to Meet as Committee of 2

California Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano received clearance on Wednesday to form an unusual “committee of two” that will look at ways of resolving their standoff over state funding for higher education and the necessity of tuition increases.

January 22, 2015

Community Colleges

Obama Idea to Trim College Savings Plans Hits GOP Opposition

President Barack Obamas proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings accounts is running into opposition from Republicans in Congress.

January 22, 2015

Leadership & Policy

NC Public Universities Eye Tuition Hikes After 1-year Hiatus

North Carolina public universities want to raise tuition and fees by an average of 4 percent next year and 3.5 percent the following year for undergraduate state residents.

January 15, 2015

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Va. Senate Panel Votes to Override AG on In-state Tuition

Legislation is advancing in the Virginia Senate to bar some immigrants from attending state colleges at in-state tuition rates.

January 15, 2015

Faculty & Staff

State of Adjunct, Contingent Faculty May Be Higher Ed Bellwether

Experts seek to figure out what the loss of stable, well-compensated employment within academia means for the future of higher education.

January 14, 2015

Students

Obama to Propose Free Community College Program

President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed making community college free “for everybody who is willing to work for it.”

January 8, 2015

Students

Tackling Affordability Issue, Stillman College to Lower Costs

Stillman College plans to reduce its cost of attendance by about $5,000 in fall 2015 in the hope that making higher education more affordable will attract more students.

January 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Second Review Sought in Case Against Professor

A northwest Missouri prosecutor is seeking another court hearing in a case against a former university professor who was arrested on drug charges after he posted insensitive remarks on Facebook.

January 1, 2015