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Deans See Families as Key to Recruiting Hispanic Students
Schools are urged to to get an early start on welcoming Hispanic potential recruits and their families to their campuses.
October 24, 2012
Students
Tuition Increases Slow, but Net Cost Still Hits Home
Experts say dwindling federal grant aid and tuition increases put more of a financial burden on students.
October 24, 2012
Students
Veterans in College Say Late Pay From VA Hurting Finances
Exasperated veterans who work part-time for the Veterans Administration while attending college say their paychecks are sometimes weeks late, leaving them in trouble with bill collectors or having to borrow money to avoid eviction.
October 23, 2012
Students
Private Nonprofit Schools Avoid Enrollment Slump
As overall enrollment has trended slightly downward for the first time since the mid-1990s, private nonprofit schools have remained steady in the face of the economic downturn.
October 23, 2012
Students
Education Leaders Say System Needs Overhaul From Kindergarten Through College
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says containing college costs, increasing the number of students who earn degrees and limiting time for students receiving government aid are areas of focus.
October 23, 2012
Students
University of New Orleans Loses 800 to Tougher Admission Standards
The University of New Orleans lost more than 800 students between last year and this year.
October 21, 2012
Students
HACU Urges Institutional Leaders to be Proactive, Scrutinize Programs
Conference speakers say the decline in the numbers of Hispanics in the role of president in higher education is “unacceptable.”
October 21, 2012
Students
Groundbreaking Shanghai New York University Closing in on Grand Opening
The Shanghai Daily reports that Shanghai New York University, the first Sino-U.S. joint venture university, soon will begin admissions for the inaugural undergraduate freshman class for the 2013 fall semester, university officials announced Tuesday.
October 17, 2012
Students
New Mentoring Program Designed to Promote Freshman Retention
CsMentor has launched a mentoring program to address freshman retention rates in ways rarely seen before.
October 17, 2012
Students
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Administrator Tapped for Ambassadorship
Dr. Joan Prince, vice chancellor for global inclusion and engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to join State Department.
October 16, 2012
Students
Obama, Romney Advisers Trade Barbs on Education
On topics from financial aid to No Child Left Behind, advisers for President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney offered sharply different views on the federal role in education at a joint appearance before a Washington, D.C., audience Tuesday.
October 16, 2012
Students
College Students Can Change Their Communities By Being Civic-Minded
Edward Waters’ Dr. James Ewers discusses the value of civics.
October 15, 2012
Students
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Finds Student Loan Borrowers Frustrated by Lack of Options
Crushed by record levels of student loan debt and hindered by a lackluster economy, borrowers of private student loans say they are being given the runaround when they seek to negotiate repayment plans or to refinance their loans.
October 15, 2012
Students
Ind. Scholarship Program Cuts College Visits
MUNCIE Ind. — An Indiana program designed to make college accessible for low-income students has stopped offering tours of college campuses as a result of program cuts. The 21st Century Scholars program was founded in 1990 with the goal of ensuring that every student could afford a college education. It offered low-income middle school students […]
October 15, 2012
Students
Groups Team Up to Bolster Success of Latino Students
Miami Dade College, the Lumina Foundation, and Excelencia in Education have teamed up to bolster the post-secondary attainment of Latino students.
October 15, 2012
Students
Students Get Up-close Look at Old School Cybersecurity
Science and technology fans at Capitol College in Maryland get the inside scoop on legendary World War II-era cryptology machines.
October 11, 2012
Students
Purdue Plans to Add More Than 100 Engineering Professors
Purdue University plans to hire more than 100 new engineering professors and boost engineering enrollment by 10 percent over the next five years to help move the school to the top of the engineering field, the acting president said.
October 10, 2012
Students
Gov. Haley Said S.C. Schools Have to Earn Their Keep
Gov. Nikki Haley wants South Carolina’s colleges and universities to earn the money they are given.
October 10, 2012
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