Tag: Budget & Budgeting: Page 18

Students

Student Loan Interest Rates Increasing

Interest rates go up today for students taking out new federal loans. This hike is relatively minimal but could foreshadow more increases to come.

June 30, 2014

Students

Grimes, Warren Hit McConnell on Student Loan Debt

Brandon Davis has an undergraduate degree, a law degree and more than $200,000 in student loans ― which is why he is living with his future in-laws.

June 29, 2014

African-American

Experts Cite Strides, Struggles for Blacks in Higher Education Since Juneteenth

The program commemorated one of the oldest known celebrations for the end of slavery in the U.S. by highlighting the overarching HBCU significance since 1865 and the fight for equal education post-Brown v. Board of Education.

June 23, 2014

Home

Migration Policy Institute Details Impact of Funding Cuts on Immigrant Youth in California

New report shows how immigrant youth were impacted by state budget cuts to the school system and how their educational outcomes can be improved.

June 18, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Randolph-Macon College’s Less Heralded Congressional Candidate Puts Education Atop Agenda

Democratic nominee Jack Trammell will take on fellow Randolph-Macon professor David Brat, who barreled into the political spotlight with an upset of incumbent Eric Cantor, in Virginia’s seventh district race.

June 17, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

Intervention Programs Having Positive Impact on AAPI Educational Achievement

AAPI community college students who participate in federally funded intervention programs are likelier than nonparticipating peers to earn associate’s degrees.

June 16, 2014

Sports

NCAA’s Smaller Schools Hope They Don’t Get Left Behind

Smaller schools are concerned that changes proposed by the five major conferences could prevent them from competing head-to-head against power schools and create greater inequities between the largest athletic programs and those trying to keep up.

June 8, 2014

Sports

California’s State Universities Hiring 700 Faculty

California’s state universities plan to hire 700 full-time faculty members, putting the skids on years of class and staff reductions prompted by state budget cuts.

June 2, 2014

African-American

N.C. State Legislators Target Elizabeth City State for Closure

The historically Black institution has struggled with enrollment declines and financial instability.

May 29, 2014

Sports

Money Woes, Declining Talent Plague HBCU Football

Years before Jackie Slater was a Hall of Fame offensive lineman, he was playing for Wingfield High School in Jackson, Mississippi, and hoping to attract the attention of college scouts.

May 27, 2014

Leadership & Policy

9 College Presidents’ Pay Tops $1 Million

The number of public college presidents earning over $1 million more than doubled in the 2012-2013 fiscal year from the year before, according to a new survey.

May 19, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Budget Board Approves $6M Loan to South Carolina State University

The loan is to keep the financially battered HBCU afloat for the rest of the school year, but how it continues to operate after that remains questionable.

April 30, 2014