Tag: Public Colleges & Universities: Page 15

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Maryland Outlaws Scholarship Displacement by Public Colleges

OWINGS MILL, Md. — Again and again, college financial aid offices would frustrate Jan Wagner and Michele Waxman Johnson. As executives of Central Scholarship, a nonprofit in Owings Mills that provides scholarships and interest-free loans to Maryland students, they would award a student money and a university would reduce that student’s financial aid by the […]

July 6, 2017

Students

Ohio Empowers Community Colleges to Address Industry Needs

Ohio has become the 24th state to allow its community colleges to offer four-year degrees.

July 5, 2017

Students

U. of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities Gets $2.7M Grant

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to support the independence, productivity and quality of individuals with disabilities. The funding for the university’s Institute on Disability comes from the federal Administration for Community Living. It will be used for research, for training future health and human […]

July 5, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Montana Offering Buyouts

MISSOULA, Mont. — Six University of Montana faculty members have expressed interest in the university’s second round of buyouts. The Missoulian reports the university recently offered early retirement incentives to 100 faculty members to reduce personnel costs due to declining enrollment. Fourteen who were of retirement age expressed interest, along with the six from the […]

July 3, 2017

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Tremors of Controversy Rock Southern University

Administration and alumni officials at Louisiana’s Southern University have gone into a major damage control mode in the wake of a series of developments in the last month that have rattled the institution and upset and stirred concern among its base of supporters.

July 2, 2017

News Roundup

University of Missouri Credit Outlook Downgraded to Negative

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A major financial ratings agency has downgraded the University of Missouri system’s credit outlook from stable to negative, citing enrollment declines on the flagship campus in Columbia and declining state revenue. Moody’s Investor Services on Thursday also affirmed the university’s Aa1 credit rating, the second highest rating possible. Moody’s said the university’s […]

July 2, 2017

Students

University of Oregon Fraternity Suspended 1 Year for Hazing

EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon has suspended a fraternity for one year after it was caught hazing in the spring. The Register-Guard reports the hazing involved intentional embarrassment, physical activity as punishment and coerced use of alcohol and marijuana. University officials determined the Chi Psi chapter had violated the student conduct code and […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Man Held in Chinese Scholar’s Kidnapping was Grad Student

CHICAGO — The 28-year-old Illinois man charged with kidnapping a Chinese scholar now believed to be dead was among a select few admitted to the University of Illinois’ highly competitive physics graduate program in 2013. Brendt Allen Christensen originally planned to earn a doctorate degree, but told his graduate adviser in 2016 he had changed […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Arizona Regents to Offer In-state Tuition to Some Immigrants

PHOENIX — Public universities in Arizona said Thursday they will keep providing in-state tuition for young immigrants who came to the U.S. at an early age despite a recent court decision that threw it in doubt. Young immigrants clad in bright yellow shirts emblazoned with “Protect In-State Tuition for DACA Students” stood closely together holding […]

July 2, 2017

Students

Money Woes Forcing Oregon to Alter Community College Promise

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Promise may not be kept to students from wealthier families. The program approved by lawmakers two years ago allows students to attend community college for nearly free, after scholarships and grants are subtracted from the tuition bill. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports lawmakers have budgeted $40 million for the program over the […]

June 29, 2017

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Arizona Regents Will Offer In-state Tuition to DACA Students

PHOENIX — The Arizona Board of Regents say it’ll continue to offer in-state tuition for eligible immigrants granted deferred deportation status while the issue is under court review. The Maricopa County Community College District board is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling last week that says those immigrants aren’t eligible […]

June 29, 2017

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NCCU Chancellor Akinleye Inspiring Optimism Across the Board

When Dr. Johnson Akinleye took the helm of North Carolina Central University as its interim chancellor, life was particularly challenging at the historically Black institution.

June 28, 2017