Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsCrowdfunding Efforts Prove Beneficial for Some StudentsAs college students in the United States and around the world turn to crowdfunding to finance their higher-education-related expenses, some experts warn others not to harbor high expectations about the method.August 7, 2016HomeReport: ‘$500M Club’ Shuns Low-income StudentsUniversities with the largest endowments were slammed as “playgrounds for the children of the wealthiest” in a new Education Trust report today that says the institutions should tap their endowments at a higher rate to benefit more low-income students.August 3, 2016StudentsStudy: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy StudentsA new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.August 1, 2016African-AmericanBlack Scholars Take Issue with Obama on Police EncountersPresident Obama suggested that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate in the 2016 presidential race because she knows “the worry Black parents feel when their son leaves the house isn’t so different than what a brave cop’s family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work.”July 28, 2016StudentsOpen Educational Resources Paying Off for Some CollegesA growing number of colleges are turning to open educational resources (OER) in an effort to relieve some financial stress for students.July 27, 2016StudentsED Cuts off Financial Aid to Three MedTech College CampusesThe U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it’s cutting financial aid for three MedTech College campuses due to misrepresentation about job placement rates.July 26, 2016StudentsCHEA Workshop: More Transparency Needed in Accreditation ProcessA need for more transparency and accountability in the accreditation process was just one of the major takeaways from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation Summer Workshop.July 25, 2016African-AmericanGMU Law School Renaming a Possible Roadblock to DiversityGeorge Mason University moves forward with plans to foster diversity despite the controversy surrounding the renaming the law school after the late Justice Antonin Scalia.July 24, 2016StudentsExperts: Direct More Institutional Aid to Low-income StudentsColleges and universities should rethink the way they distribute institutional aid in order to matriculate more students who lack the means to pay.July 21, 2016HomeAdvocates Call for Rigorous Evaluation of Second Chance Pell Pilot InitiativeUp until now, much of the talk about the Obama Administration’s Second Chance Pell Pilot Initiative has been about the merits of providing higher education to individuals behind bars.July 19, 2016Previous PagePage 25 of 81Next Page
