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Baker College Honored for Service to Vets

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI — Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program, which recognizes various Michigan colleges and universities that aid military members and their families under the GI Bill, has awarded the school a gold ranking for the second […]

November 3, 2016

Online College Plan Ranks Top 20 Colleges for Vets

GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — United States Veterans have given of themselves, risking everything for the sake of our country and well-being, and for that sacrifice, there is not thanks enough. When it comes to going to college and getting their higher education after their service is over, many, many colleges offer benefits […]

November 3, 2016

For-Profits Leaving Blacks in More Debt

With 44 million consumers owing about $1.4 trillion in student loans, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that student loan servicing and debt collection together will boost borrower costs even higher over the next two years. The Bureau’s recently-released Student Loan Ombudsman Report termed the nation’s current system as “flawed” and […]

November 3, 2016

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For ITT Tech Students, No Easy Road

The sudden closure of ITT Technical Institute in September interrupted the lives of tens of thousands of students who were promised a path to a more secure future. Some had just started their higher education with the for-profit school and others were just a few classes away from earning a degree. All are finding themselves […]

November 3, 2016

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Veterans at the Ivies: Students Seek to Increase Ranks

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It’s not easy to find military veterans in undergraduate programs at most Ivy League schools. Harvard has only three in its undergrad liberal arts and sciences school. Princeton, just one. Students from the eight Ivies hope to change those kinds of numbers. They see a chance for institutions to diversify and for […]

November 3, 2016

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A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

As college attendance has risen and investment in public institutions has flagged, the United States has relied increasingly on, with disastrous consequences for many students. For-profits, once a tiny corner of higher education, have turned into an important force. In 1995, just 500,000 people attended for-profit schools, a small slice of the 15 million enrolled […]

November 1, 2016

“Veteran-Friendly” College Honored

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — For the second straight year, Baker College has been recognized for its commitment to veterans, service members and their dependents. The education institution was recently honored with a gold ranking for the second year in a row by the Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency’s Veteran-Friendly School Program. In its second year, the program […]

November 1, 2016

Transition Event Focuses on Women

FORT HOOD — Military service doesn’t lend itself to many beauty opportunities for female service members, but that changed for about 60 women during a two-day workshop at Club Hood that ended Thursday. Hosted by Operation Reinvent and Fort Hood’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, the career transition and empowerment event helped female service […]

November 1, 2016

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Transition Summit Helps Military Job Seekers

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — What would you say to the person with the power to hire you for your dream job? Military job seekers spent two days crafting their answers and learning how to get that interview during the Hawaii Transition Summit that concluded Oct. 19. The summit brought together experts from several organizations to help […]

November 1, 2016

Ex-ITT Tech Students Get Back Pell Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C — Former students of ITT Tech catch a break after the school closed last month. The US Department of Education says it is restoring Pell Grant eligibility to students who were using grants to attend ITT Technical Institute when it abruptly closed last month. The grants were provided to low-income students pursuing postsecondary […]

November 1, 2016

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College Costs Outpace Aid Increases

Colleges are putting the brakes on hefty price increases, but tuition and fees are still rising at a faster rate than the financial aid and family income needed to cover costs, according to two reports released Wednesday by the College Board. “Despite the moderate increases in average published prices, there were considerable increases in net […]

November 1, 2016

Free Tuition for Veteran’s Children Creates Conundrum

KINGSVILLE — Steven Tallant, president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, credits two American institutions for his success: the military and higher education. He has studied or taught at universities in Florida, Utah, Wisconsin and Texas, and been stationed by the Air Force in Mississippi, Portugal and Washington, D.C. Those experiences helped him rise from a young […]

November 1, 2016

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Tuition Time Bomb

Rising tuition and student debt is a pressing concern for college students but also society at large. For future economic well-being, improvements in civic participation and social unification, we need a system that encourages those interested in pursuing higher education to do just that. Instead, the current system does the opposite: discourages through unaffordability. A […]

October 28, 2016

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$1 Million in Grants Will Give Veterans Commercial Driver Training

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded nearly $1 million toward programs aimed at helping train military veterans to be commercial drivers, the agency announced in a press release on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Specifically, the money has been awarded to seven technical and community colleges across the United States to help train veterans and […]

October 28, 2016

Center for Online Education Offers Perspective

After years of experience guiding students toward success in online education, OnlineColleges.net has relaunched as the Center for Online Education (COE). The new name formally establishes COE’s transition into a holistic resource for online college students. Online education instructor and expert Melissa Venable, PhD will lead the team of subject matter experts behind the COE […]

October 28, 2016

$400 Million College Bond Includes Funds for Veterans Support

The Southwestern College district is asking voters on Nov. 8 to approve Proposition Z, a $400 million bond measure to finance repairs and construction at its four South County campuses. District officials said bond money is needed to renovate classrooms and facilities in order to provide more instruction and job training to South County residents […]

October 28, 2016

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Convicted Molester, Drug Dealers Among Trump U Staff

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts — including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP identified 107 people listed as speakers […]

October 28, 2016

New Rules Clear Debt in Fraud Cases

BOSTON —The government has issued new rules meant to help students get their federal loans erased in cases involving fraud and misconduct by their schools. Federal education officials have been working to create a more detailed system for students to file claims since the Education Department received thousands of claims from former students of the […]

October 28, 2016

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