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House Democrats Offer Bill to Make Community Colleges Free

A new bill introduced by House Democrats would make community college degrees free for students. Sponsors for the bill claim that it would give students the chance to earn a degree without taking on debt. The bill was created in response to the Republican Higher Education Act — originally passed in 1965, the Higher Education Act ensures that […]

Finance

Cuomo Takes Heat for Tuition Hike after ‘Free’ Plan

After expanding a program that allows students at the city’s 24 public colleges and universities to attend tuition-free, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced intensifying criticism on Thursday for a tuition increase approved by a state board whose members he appointed. The seemingly contradictory situation of free tuition and a tuition hike was explained and […]

Finance

Why Free College Programs Succeed

In a report published last week, Jen Mishory, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, sheds some light on an oft-debated topic in education circles: Do the benefits of “free college” programs outweigh the costs? There has been a proliferation of state-level “free college” programs in recent years. In 2014, Tennessee rolled out its Tennessee Promise initiative, […]

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California to Offer Grants for Full-Time Study

In an effort to get students to earn degrees in two or four years, California will give up to $4,000 in grants to community college students who take a full 15-hour course load starting this fall. Rewarding community college students with extra money for going full-time is another way the state is seeking to increase the […]

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Wyoming Colleges Offers Free Tuition for Adults

Free community college is now closer to becoming a reality in Wyoming. Laramie County Community College is beginning a new scholarship program that covers all costs to attend, allowing adults a chance to improve their lives in ways they may not have believed possible. Through “Rediscover LCCC,” 80 adults can study 24 different programs this […]

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N.J. Weighs College Aid for Prisoners

New Jersey would become one of the few states in the nation to provide state financial aid to those who are incarcerated and want to take college courses under a measure working its way through the Legislature. By doing so, it would expand access to college course to more inmates, as existing programs rely on […]

Technology

San Jacinto Students Get Free Online Textbooks and ‘Aid Like a Paycheck’

As a contender for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, San Jacinto College’s efforts around student success have gone beyond the traditional means of access, affordability and completion. Through the Pasadena, Texas-based school’s Open Educational Resources (OER) program and the “Aid like a Paycheck” program, San Jac students have saved nearly $1.5 million […]

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2 Men Are First Inmates to Get Foundation’s Scholarships

Over three days, more than 300 Edmonds Community College students celebrated earning GEDs, certificates, and associate’s degrees at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) in Monroe through the College in Prisons program. Among the caps, gowns and cupcakes in the dining hall of MCC’s Minimum Security Unit (MSU) were two inmates who sat in the back and […]

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500 Baltimore Students Get Free College

More than 500 Baltimore public school students will go to community college for free in the first year of the city’s “last-dollar scholarship program.” Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who announced the free community college plan last year, said the program provides “clear pathways for our young people and to put them in reach of their higher […]

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San Diego Expands Free Tuition

All three schools in the San Diego Community College District will offer free tuition to first-time, full-time graduates of any high school in San Diego County. The Promise San Diego scholarship will pay for up to 3,500 students starting in the fall of 2018. That’s a huge expansion of the program’s initial offering, which gave […]

Finance

Report: Aid Letters Don’t Explain Much

Confused by your college financial aid letter? It’s not your fault. Many of them are missing important information, use jargon or acronyms, and don’t differentiate between scholarships and loans, according to a new report from think tank NewAmerica and uAspire, a nonprofit that advises students on the financial aid process. The report, which looked at letters […]

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Pa. Lawmakers Offer Bills for Free College Plan

Legislators in both the state House and Senate introduced legislation to make tuition free at each of the state-owned and state-related universities and community colleges. The bills – House Bill 2444 and Senate Bill 1111 conjointly called the “PA Promise” – would cover tuition and fees for recent high school graduates whose families earn $110,000 […]

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