Tag: Funding: Page 74

Students

Wanted: The Retention of Female Graduate Students

Like many new mothers, Hrefna Marin Gunnarsdottir, 29, was nervous about the responsibilities that come with being a first-time parent…

March 22, 2006

Native Americans

United Tribes Technical College Left Out of Indian Affairs Budget Request for Fifth Straight Year

For the fifth consecutive fiscal year, the Bush administration has zeroed out funding for the United Tribes Technical College. In the previous four years, Congress restored funding for the Bismarck…

March 8, 2006

HBCUs

Education Budget Looks to Eliminate

President Bush is proposing a tight 2007 federal education budget that would freeze the maximum Pell Grant and Black college…

February 22, 2006

Students

Institutional Revival

Nobody would have seen this coming back in 2003, when the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) placed Cankdeska Cikana Community College on probation…

February 22, 2006

Students

The Struggles and Successes of Graduate Students Chronicled in New Book

Two prominent ETS officials have released a new book exploring graduate students’ struggles with mentoring, research productivity and funding…

February 19, 2006

Sports

Maryland Governor Faces Questions Over University Golf Course Funding

Gov. Robert Ehrlich is facing questions from some at the University of Maryland for putting more than a $1 million into the school’s budget to repair the school’s golf course instead of fixing two science buildings…

February 7, 2006

Latinx

Congress Approves Cuts to Student Loan Programs

College students and their families will face higher student loan costs as the result of multiple recent congressional moves…

January 25, 2006

Students

Enrollment up at Mississippi Junior Colleges, More Funding Sought

Enrollment in Mississippi’s two-year colleges has grown more than twice as fast as in the universities in recent years…

January 19, 2006

Latinx

Congress Passes Budget Bills, Leaving

Despite widespread opposition from many higher education groups, Congress is finishing work on 2006…

January 11, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Maryland University System Gets 14.5 Percent Increase in Budget; HBCUs to Receive Additional $5.9 Million

Gov. Robert Ehrlich proposed raising higher education funding by $172 million for the upcoming fiscal year…

January 5, 2006

Home

Lawsuit Challenging ‘No Child Left Behind’ Thrown Out

A judge threw out a lawsuit last month that sought to block the No Child Left Behind law…

December 14, 2005

Tenure

Federal Agencies, Congress Mull Katrina Aid Packages

With many Black colleges and other universities still reeling across the Gulf Coast…

November 30, 2005