Tag: Public Policy: Page 56

African-American

National Urban League Calls Attention to Financial Aid Issues From African-American Perspective

The National Urban League has released a paper on financial aid to bring the views of African-Americans to a Gates Foundation-sponsored project on reforming the college financial aid system.

April 8, 2013

Home

Judge Again Orders Stop to Mo. College Drug Tests

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union.

March 24, 2013

Students

Admiral: Navy Wants to Keep Tuition Assistance

The chief of naval personnel sought to reassure sailors on Tuesday that the Navy wants to keep the service’s tuition assistance program intact, despite intense budget pressures that have forced other military branches to suspend theirs.

March 19, 2013

HBCUs

Some Universities Filling Void Created by Military Tuition Assistance Cuts

Webster University is one of at least a handful of universities that have stepped up to offer enlisted members all of some of the tuition assistance they lost as a result of cuts to the Department of Defense.

March 19, 2013

Students

Latino Blueprint Offers New Ideas for Financial Aid Policy

A leading Hispanic education organization is seeking to shake up current thinking about federal policy with a collection of new ideas that would re-imagine student financial aid for college.

March 18, 2013

Students

Tug of War Over Guns On Campus Intensifying

As lawmakers in nine states debate whether to permit licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, administrators at two of the nation’s largest institutions oppose the legislation.

March 18, 2013

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Congress, Education Leaders Discuss Workforce Development Initiatives

On the same day that several top Republican lawmakers trekked to a Virginia community college to tout the proposed SKILLS Act as the solution to a “broken” federal workforce development system, a pair of national higher education leaders informed Congress that the bill has several downsides for community colleges.

March 14, 2013

Home

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

Students

APSCU Report Highlights Best Practices for Serving Veterans

The recommendations are to improve accountability among institutions of higher learning and benefit prospective military and veteran students.

March 3, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Anti-Affirmative Action Bill Fails This Session

The sponsor of a proposal to eliminate affirmative action initiatives from higher education institutions in Tennessee said fellow Republicans who contributed to the failure of his bill on Wednesday could face repercussions in next year’s election.

February 28, 2013

International

Hypocrisy, Social Capital, and the Shadow Process

The admissions cycle is in full swing. Applicants are waiting with bated breath as committees pore over files and dole out hope and despair in the form of decision letters.

February 28, 2013

Community Colleges

Report: High School Dropouts Cost Economy Billions

High school dropouts are costing some $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue every year, education advocates said in a report released Monday.

February 25, 2013