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Leadership & Policy

Community colleges face ‘double-whammy’ from budget cuts

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Community colleges are facing a “double-whammy” from impending spending cuts because their enrollment is soaring although their budgets are based on last year’s attendance, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp acknowledged Wednesday.

August 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ex-Colorado education commissioner a candidate for Florida post

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Former Colorado Education Commissioner William Moloney is a semifinalists for the education commissioner’s job in Florida.

August 13, 2007

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Colorado Attorney General: Children of illegal immigrants can get in-state tuition

DENVER State Attorney General John Suthers says that the children of illegal immigrants can still qualify for in-state tuition at state colleges and universities as long as they are legal citizens themselves.

August 13, 2007

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Arizona Supreme Court upholds dismissal of tuition challenge

PHOENIX The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a challenge to the state Board of Regents’ 2003 decision to increase in-state university tuition by nearly 40 percent.

August 12, 2007

Students

Kalamazoo Promise grads’ first year of college started slow, got better

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press is following the college careers of two members of Kalamazoo Public Schools’ class of 2006. Stephanie Butler and Alex Plair II were among the first recipients of scholarships provided by The Kalamazoo Promise, an anonymously funded free-tuition program for graduates of the school district beginning that year. This is the second in a series of annual stories about Butler and Plair, whom the AP first profiled as their high school careers ended.

August 12, 2007

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College savings plan board develops incentive program

OKLAHOMA CITY Administrators at the state’s college savings plan want Oklahomans to learn about the program, and they have developed an incentive plan they think will be hard to pass up: free tickets to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State football games.

August 12, 2007

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Robertson’s Regent banking on tuition to stop deficits

VIRGINIA BEACH Va. Regent University plans to more than double its undergraduate enrollment this year as a first step toward balancing its budget.

August 12, 2007

Students

Hillsdale College replaces state scholarship aid with private funds

HILLSDALE Mich. Hillsdale College, a private liberal arts school in southern Michigan, announced Monday it will no longer accept state taxpayer money for student scholarships and financial aid.

August 12, 2007

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UW-Madison delays plan to increase tuition for engineering majors

MADISON Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has delayed a plan to increase tuition for undergraduate engineering majors by $1,400 over three years.

August 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Sen. Dodd Unveils Free Community College Plan

CONCORD, N.H. Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd’s plan to make higher education more accessible includes promises of free community college education for every American — so long as states agree to foot half the cost.

August 9, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Community College of Baltimore County has received a $295,328 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to fund an online course aimed at increasing the number of nurses in the state. The new course, which helps paramedics transition into the nursing program, is expected to produce 40 nursing graduates in 2009 and 64 in […]

August 8, 2007

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JLBC report looks at impact of Prop 300 on immigrant students

PHOENIX Nearly 5,000 people have been denied in-state college tuition, financial aid and adult education classes this year under a new Arizona law banning undocumented immigrants from receiving those state-funded services, a new study shows.

August 6, 2007