Tag: Tuition and Fees: Page 48

Leadership & Policy

UIC to Pursue Obama Library Alone

Despite Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s suggestion the city make a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library, the University of Illinois at Chicago says it will work on its own bid.

January 29, 2014

Students

College Endowments See Strong Growth

The nation’s college and university endowments—often used to fund scholarships and professorships—had strong growth last year, according to a report released Tuesday.

January 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Protesting Utah Student Pays Tuition in $1 Bills

A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.

January 23, 2014

African-American

U.S. Sen. Warren: Let Students Refinance Their Loans

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to file a bill to let students refinance their old loans at a new lower rate.

January 22, 2014

Students

Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts

Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.

January 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Students

Tech Students Get Support from Ga. Governor

Nathan Deal is proposing a separate scholarship for full tuition in the HOPE grant program, one of a handful of higher education proposals designed to create marketable grads.

January 8, 2014

International

Christie Hails N.J. Version of Dream Act as Equalizer

In a move lauded by some and denounced by others, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie publicly signed legislation that now allows the children of immigrants who came to this country illegally to pay in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities.

January 7, 2014

Home

Immigrant Students Seek Va. In-State Tuition Rate

Ramiro Vazquez has lived in the Charlottesville area since he was 10 ― a graduate of Monticello High School, he’s continuing his education in Piedmont Virginia Community College’s culinary arts program.

December 26, 2013

Students

Crazy Horse Program Jumpstarts College Careers

Program’s CEO says about 68 percent of the students who have attended Indian University of North America summer sessions in the backdrop of the mammoth mountain carving in South Dakota’s Black Hills have continued to pursue degrees at private public or tribal colleges and universities.

December 23, 2013

Students

Aviation Schools Preparing Students for Future Drone Jobs

Student pilots are eager to cash in on the booming market for drone operators, which could happen in the next few years.

December 19, 2013

Students

Just the Stats: College Graduate Debt Increases by 10 Percent From Previous Year

College graduates student loan debt increased from 2011 to 2012 by 10.5 percent, an increase from $26,600 in 2011 to $29,400 in 2012.

December 17, 2013