Tag: Tuition and Fees: Page 84

Latinx

Arkansas Governor Says Law Bars In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

By law, colleges and universities do not have the option of allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, Gov. Mike Beebe warned over the weekend.

May 27, 2008

Students

Community College Financial Aid Lacking for N.C. Students, Report Finds

A report released today criticizes the grant and financial aid programs that serve the state’s 58 community colleges, saying the aid programs fall short of the financial support a typical community college student needs.

May 21, 2008

Community Colleges

Citing Rising Gas Prices, Ala. Two-Year College Chief Forgoes Tuition Hike

Alabama’s two-year colleges will not raise tuition for the fourth consecutive year, Postsecondary Chancellor Bradley Byrne announced Wednesday.

May 21, 2008

Community Colleges

N.C. Community College System Halts Undocumented Student Admissions

North Carolina’s community college system reversed itself Tuesday and said it will no longer admit undocumented immigrants until federal officials formally weigh in on whether it is legal.

May 14, 2008

Home

Perspectives: True Access to American Colleges & Universities

The federal government has a huge role to play in making college accessible and affordable. How about providing financial incentives to those institutions that are aggressively enrolling low-income students – the kind of students ever more present in the educational pipeline? What they should not do is impose spending rates on college endowments, as was proposed recently.

May 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

A Unique Approach to Funding Community College Operations

As community colleges continue to serve an increasingly diverse student body, enrollment continues to grow along with capacity challenges. Developing a facilities master plan is critical to serving students and ensuring their success. It takes more than a master plan, however, to actually design and construct buildings. Financing the facilities is job No. 1.

April 30, 2008

Students

ON THE LOSING END

From the subprime mortgage crisis to the subsequent credit crunch, minorities are feeling the heat.

April 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Grants & Gifts

CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF NURSING (Ga.) has been awarded the Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant of $335,299 for three years from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Spencer and Teagle Foundations’ initiative for Systematic Improvement of Undergraduate Education […]

April 30, 2008

Students

‘Alarming’ Number of Community Colleges Blocking Access to Federal Loans, Report Finds

Though the majority of four-year colleges in the United States participate in federal student loan programs, a new report finds that an “alarming” number of community colleges don’t participate, prompting low-income students to resort to credit cards and other high-interest loans to pay for basic college expenses.

April 16, 2008

Community Colleges

Indiana Governor To Propose Free Community College Plan

Gov. Mitch Daniels wants every high school graduate in Indiana to attend college for at least two years — and he is working on a proposal that would have the state pick up the tab for more of them to do just that.

April 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

College Leaders Say Ohio’s New Education Plan a Good Start

College administrators generally support Ohio’s new goals of making higher education more affordable through lower tuition and more accountable by setting up a system of benchmarks.

April 7, 2008

Students

Champlain College Helps Refugees Start New Lives Without Tuition Fees

When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn’t speak English.

April 6, 2008