Tag: Funding: Page 46

Leadership & Policy

Report: Merging N.C. Community Colleges Would Save Millions

North Carolina’s community colleges could save about $5 million a year by folding administration and back-office work at the smallest campuses into larger neighbors, a legislative efficiency report released Tuesday said.

June 29, 2011

Home

Higher Education’s Future in Focus at Penn State Conference

Nearly 150 years after an act of Congress led to the establishment of the first land-grant universities, many of the public institutions face fiscal challenges amid tightening state budgets across the country.

June 22, 2011

Community Colleges

Mississippi Community Colleges Keeping More Students

A record increase in the number of new students in Mississippi’s community colleges translated this spring into a record number of degrees.

June 6, 2011

Students

Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access

Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.

June 2, 2011

African-American

MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program

Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.

June 2, 2011

Students

Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding

Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.

May 26, 2011

Community Colleges

Education Advocates Facing Up to Budget Deal, Anticipating 2012 Fiscal Debate

Next year’s House plan contains more than $700 billion in cuts from labor, education, health and human service programs.

May 24, 2011

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Report: Income Inequality Poses Obstacle for Obama College Completion Drive

The U.S. will not reach the Obama administration’s goal of becoming the most college-educated country in the world by 2020 unless the country eliminates the income-based inequalities that cause a gap in degree attainment between rich and poor.

May 19, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Groups to Pursue National Campaign to Fortify U.S. Higher Education

A new national coalition of college faculty groups has launched a grassroots movement challenging “reformers” whom they claim are pursuing policies and strategies that are endangering higher education opportunities for all but the most able to afford it.

May 17, 2011

MSIs

U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges

Diverse brings together an expert panel to dissect the situation of public and private institutions and offer solutions. This is a two-part series.

May 10, 2011

Native Americans

Oklahoma Gaming Proving Profitable for Tribal Higher Education

Legalizing American Indian gaming 10 years ago has brought about a cash windfall for Oklahoma’s tribal colleges, even if it is indirect.

April 28, 2011

African-American

Historically Black Schools Turning to Capital Campaigns

While planned giving campaigns are not a new phenomenon, the fundraising strategy might spell salvation for cash-strapped HBCUs.

April 26, 2011