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Sports

Moody’s Eyes Howard University Credit Rating Amid Troubles

Moody’s Investors Service is reviewing Howard University for a possible downgrade of its credit rating as the historically Black college faces financial challenges.

July 10, 2013

Students

Senate Fails to Keep Student Loan Rates Low

Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to restore lower interest rates on student loans, again coming up short and perhaps signaling that undergraduates might really face rates twice as high as those of last year.

July 10, 2013

Students

Morris Brown May Head to Bankruptcy Court

Morris Brown College officials believe they would be able to sell off some property, settle mounting debt and keep most of the campus intact under a $20 million plan submitted to a bankruptcy court.

July 2, 2013

MSIs

Lawmakers Attempt to Save Student Loan Deal

A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little more than a week to go before the deadline.

June 20, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Illinois University Employees Offer Partial Pension Fix

Illinois university employees would pay more toward their pensions and receive annual retirement-pay increases tied to inflation in a reform plan the Senate president supports, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

June 16, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Move to Quash Journalism Center Bashed

A conservative radio talk show host and a moderate Republican state senator on Thursday both bashed a move to quash an investigative journalism center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

June 6, 2013

MSIs

Senate Defeats Democratic, Republican Student Loan Plans

Interest rates on new student loans are likely headed higher after senators failed Thursday to advance proposals to keep them from doubling July 1.

June 6, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Hutchison: Governments Should Invest in Higher Education

Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison called for more funding for research universities on Tuesday amid a debate over whether higher education budgets should be cut.

June 4, 2013

Students

Today’s College Students Can Face Serious Money Issues Through Bank Products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently began examining whether students genuinely benefit from banking and financial services marketed to them through their colleges.

June 3, 2013

Disabilties

Deficit Threatens Quarter of Ivy Tech Community College Sites

Mounting budget woes and the need to deal with a $68 million deficit could force Ivy Tech Community College to close up to a quarter of its school sites around Indiana, school officials said.

June 2, 2013

Home

Michigan House Approves $15 Billion Budget for Schools, Colleges

The Republican-controlled Michigan House approved a $15.1 billion education budget that includes an increase in funding for state universities, community colleges and public schools Tuesday, passing the first piece of the state budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

May 28, 2013

Students

States Raise Budgets for Colleges and Universities, But Does That Mean Jobs?

Will professors be aptly compensated now that states are increasing their budgets for colleges and universities?

May 28, 2013