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New Mexico State Sees Federal Funding for Research Shrinking

New Mexico State University is facing a research funding squeeze.

July 1, 2013

Students

How the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Will Affect You

Total student loan debt in the USA now hovers above $1 trillion, exceeding total credit card debt for the first time — and the interest rate doubled today.

July 1, 2013

Community Colleges

West Virginia Higher Ed Panel Approves Tuition Increases

In-state tuition is increasing at least 6 percent at five West Virginia higher education institutions.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Moody’s Revises NCAA Credit Outlook to Negative

The NCAA’s credit outlook has been revised to negative by ratings agency Moody’s as the governing body of college sports deals with an anti-trust lawsuit about the use of athletes’ images and likenesses.

June 25, 2013

Students

Higher Education Summit Highlights Research on Asian-American, Pacific Islander-Serving Schools

A new study examines opportunities and challenges at colleges and universities that enroll significant Asian-American and Pacific Islander student populations.

June 25, 2013

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Low Graduation Rates Plague Ivy Tech System

Indiana’s community college system, already grappling with a $68 million deficit, is facing scrutiny over its graduation rates as it works to shore up its role as the linchpin needed to close the state’s skilled-worker gap.

June 23, 2013

MSIs

Lawmakers Attempt to Save Student Loan Deal

A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little more than a week to go before the deadline.

June 20, 2013

African-American

Diverse and Pearson Host Executive Leadership Conference for HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and Pearson host a two-day conference for HBCU leaders to address challenges and provide resources and strategies.

June 19, 2013

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Advocates Urge Congress to Renew Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program

College and university grantees are concerned that new funding for the program is not included in the Obama administration’s fiscal 2014 budget.

June 10, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Move to Quash Journalism Center Bashed

A conservative radio talk show host and a moderate Republican state senator on Thursday both bashed a move to quash an investigative journalism center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

June 6, 2013

MSIs

Senate Defeats Democratic, Republican Student Loan Plans

Interest rates on new student loans are likely headed higher after senators failed Thursday to advance proposals to keep them from doubling July 1.

June 6, 2013

Community Colleges

Policy Group Calls for Renewed Investment in New Jersey Higher Education

The New Jersey Policy Perspective organization has called on state leaders to commit new investment to New Jersey higher education to boost the Garden State’s economic competitiveness.

June 5, 2013