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Colo. Immigrant Tuition Rate Gets Final House OK

The cheers of immigrant students echoed through the Colorado Capitol on Friday after the House passed a bill allowing students who entered the U.S. illegally to pay lower college tuition, a measure that will soon become law.

March 10, 2013

Opinion

Sequester, Voting Rights Act and the Pope’s Silver Lining

As you all know, Higher Ed isn’t sequestered from this thing called “sequester,” and it’s taking a big hit — an estimated $86 million in cuts that will hurt mostly lower- and middle-class students dependent on federal grants and work-study programs.

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

MSIs

Michigan Lawmaker Proposes In-State Tuition for Veterans

Active duty military personnel and veterans would pay in-state tuition in Michigan under measures introduced by one Democratic lawmaker.

March 3, 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

Leadership & Policy

Ky. Universities Push Senators on Immigration Law

The presidents of Kentucky’s public universities have signed a letter urging the state’s U.S. senators to help overhaul the immigration system.

February 26, 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

African-American

Will African-Americans Be Used as a Wedge Against Immigration Reform?

Tonight in New York City, the Lunar New Year meets Black History month as the Asian American Legal Defense Fund honors legendary Freedom Rider, civil rights activist and long-time Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

February 18, 2013

International

Obama Administration Launches College Scorecard

The national movement to make higher education institutions more transparent in terms of their comparative costs and student outcomes got a lift with the launch of the web-based College Scorecard resource tool.

February 13, 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

Students

Higher Education Leaders Wary of Increased Federal Oversight

Administrators see more regulation coming down the road, and they say complying with existing regulations is partly to blame for the rising cost of education.

February 5, 2013

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Florida Justices Say Legislature Can Set Tuition

The Florida Supreme Court says the Legislature rather than the Board of Governors has the authority to set tuition rates at state universities.

January 31, 2013