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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 […]

Finance

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 […]

Finance

Study: Community College Students Struggle Most

Students who need money to go to college and don’t get it are less likely to finish a college degree, a new state study finds. No surprise there. But the unexpected finding: More of those students are in community or technical colleges than at four-year colleges and universities – even though the four-year schools charge […]

Leadership

Colleges Battle Poverty to Meet Students’ Needs

Russell Lowery-Hart spent a Texas winter weekend sleeping outside, even when a light rain fell and it grew so cold that he forced muddy shoes into his sleeping bag to warm his feet. By day, the 48-year-old became increasingly sunburned crisscrossing the streets of Waco, applying for fast-food jobs and searching for soup kitchens. He […]

Finance

Will Iowa Follow Free College Trend?

On May 8, Maryland became the 17th U.S. state to approve free community college in some form. That state will offer tuition-free education to students within two years of earning their high school diploma or GED. Iowa Central Community College President Dan Kinney isn’t sure when Iowa may join the growing list, and isn’t sure […]

Finance

Colleges Address Specter of Student Debt

A Georgetown University study reports that by 2020, 65 percent of job vacancies will require some postsecondary education and training. A total of 13 million, the report says will require a baccalaureate degree, while 7 million will require an associate’s degree and 6 million will require a graduate degree. However, the study also notes, “Without […]

Finance

Report: Nearly 1M Eligible Students Never Got Aid; Money Ran Out

Last year alone, more than 900,000 low-income students who applied for and were found eligible for state financial aid for college never received it, because states ran out of money, according to a new analysis of state data by The Hechinger Report. The number is likely much higher — many states don’t keep track of […]

Finance

Judge Sends Man to Prison for Loan Fraud

A man has been sentenced to prison for committing student loan and grant fraud and tax fraud. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled Brandon Kenon Rogers, 31, will spend two years in prison and ordered him to pay $128,746 in restitution after he pled guilty to defrauding the U.S. Department of Education. Rogers obtained the […]

Finance

Milwaukee Tech Launches Adult Free Tuition Program

Milwaukee Area Technical College announced today it is launching a free tuition program aimed at helping qualifying Milwaukee area adults complete their associate degree and bridging the region’s skills gap. The program, called the MATC Promise for Adults, will cover tuition costs for students 24 years and older who are living in the MATC district and have […]

Finance

Oxnard Launches 2-Year Free Tuition Promise

The California Promise and the Oxnard 15 to Finish Promise are making the first two years of community college tuition free at Oxnard College. The two programs together pay the per-unit cost of classes taken at the college for the first two years for full-time, first-time college students. The Oxnard College Promise began last year […]

Finance

How Free College Affects HBCUs

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan last week announced a program to offer conditional tuition support to high school graduates in the state beginning in 2019. The Free State joins several others across the country in making career and technical training virtually free for qualifying students, after federal and state financial aid and other scholarships cover some […]

Finance

N.J. Extends Financial Aid to Undocumented

New Jersey’s undocumented immigrants will be able to apply for state financial aid to help pay for college starting this fall, under a bill that Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law on Wednesday. Murphy signed the bill to cheers and applause at a ceremony at Rutgers University in Newark. The move makes New Jersey the […]

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