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Students

N.C. Governor Seeks to Retool Community College Funding

Tinkering with how to calculate state money that North Carolina’s community colleges receive has left many campuses this fall with fewer instructors, larger classes and reduced services for students seeking skills to build careers.

September 8, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Raises on Agenda for Southern University Board

Raises may be forthcoming for hundreds of Southern University employees from New Orleans to Shreveport if campus leaders can make a convincing case to Southern’s Board of Supervisors.

September 5, 2013

Students

University of Louisville Business Chief Facing Fraud Allegations

The executive director of a medical department at the University of Louisville wrote checks to himself from several medical practices linked to the school for amounts possibly exceeding $2 million over the last six years, an Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator said in an affidavit.

September 4, 2013

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U. Of Arkansas Fires Spokesman Amid Transparency Flap

The University of Arkansas fired its chief spokesman amid a dispute over how much information the school should disclose about recent budget shortfalls in its advancement division.

August 25, 2013

African-American

President Bullish on Fisk’s Accreditation Outlook After Financial Overhaul

The historic university is hoping the steps it’s taking to overhaul its financial underpinnings and operations will help it win a clean bill of health from its major accrediting agency.

August 20, 2013

Community Colleges

Massachusetts to Tie Community College Funding to Performance

Massachusetts has begun a community college funding effort that will tie a share of a school’s budget to boosting graduation rates.

August 13, 2013

Students

Program to Pay Tuition Cost for 2-year Degree

Graduating high school seniors will be able to attend a community college tuition-free thanks to a program that’s expanding to Davidson County.

August 12, 2013

Faculty & Staff

University of North Carolina System Schools Facing Layoffs

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T are facing layoffs due to budget cuts.

August 11, 2013

Faculty & Staff

LSU Employees To Get First Pay Raises in Over Four Years

BATON ROUGE La.—LSU faculty and staff will see pay raises of up to 4 percent, under the first salary increase for campuses in more than four years, LSU System President F. King Alexander said Friday. Exactly who will get raises, what type of salary increase people will receive and how much they will cost remains […]

July 28, 2013

Students

Senate Prepares to Finish Work on Student Loan Deal

Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for students this fall, but the costs would start climbing almost immediately under a deal the Senate was poised to pass Wednesday. The bipartisan proposal lawmakers were considering would link interest rates on federal student loans to the financial markets, providing lower interest rates right […]

July 24, 2013

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TN Lawmaker to Propose Tuition Freeze

A Republican state lawmaker says he wants to freeze tuition at Tennessee’s colleges and universities despite criticism from education officials that such a proposal would eliminate funds needed to sustain essential programs and basic operation.

July 23, 2013

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University of California, State Leaders Praise Napolitano Appointment

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead California’s flagship university system, though critics pointed out that she has little experience in the education field.

July 14, 2013