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Sequestration Expected to Squeeze Already Tight Job Market for Teachers

Some 30,000 teachers and teachers’ aides in roughly half of the states won’t get hired next year because of the cuts by the federal government, the White House reported.

March 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Bill Offered to Create Higher Ed Inspector

Republican state lawmakers are proposing legislation to create an inspector who would examine operations within Tennessee’s higher education systems.

March 6, 2013

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Sequestration Means Fewer Classes, Faculty at Tribal Schools

Unless the stalemate over sequestration is resolved, July 1 will commence a dreary fiscal year for the nation’s tribal colleges and universities.

March 5, 2013

African-American

Purdue University Freezes Tuition for 2 Years

Purdue University is freezing its tuition costs for the next two years in response to the nation’s lingering weak economy.

March 3, 2013

Students

Education Sequestration: A State-by-State Breakdown

Unless Congress and President Obama can reach a compromise today, most government programs will be reduced by 5 percent on Friday.

February 28, 2013

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Proposal To Tie College Funds to Completion Rate

Texas lawmakers are working on a proposal to tie higher education funding to completion rates at state universities.

February 27, 2013

MSIs

Oregon House To Vote on Immigrant-Tuition Bill

The state House is scheduled to vote Friday on a measure allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition if they graduated from an Oregon high school.

February 24, 2013

Community Colleges

Bill Seeks Plan To End Funds for Remedial Classes

Senators want to study whether state funding for community colleges and universities should be based on their graduates filling jobs needed in Mississippi.

February 13, 2013

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Report: Higher Education Funding Proposal Too Lax

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to increase higher education funding lacks mechanisms to ensure the extra money will result in improved graduation and enrollment rates, according to a report by the state Legislative Analyst’s Office released Tuesday.

February 12, 2013

Students

Oregon Bill Would Require College Credit in High School

The Oregon Legislature is looking at making college students out of every Oregon high-school student.

February 6, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Holding the Liberal Arts Line from the GOP Attack

Now, they are trying to dumb down the electorate by shelling our factory of knowledge.

February 6, 2013

African-American

TRIO Program Advocates Seek Support in Congress

TRIO program advocates made a timely plea for congressional support of what is the federal government’s oldest group of college outreach and retention programs for low-income and aspiring first-generation college students.

February 6, 2013