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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Iowa Free Coll 5-30-18

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Loan Fraud 5-23-18

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 […]

MATC Tuition 5-23-18

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 […]

Oxnard Promise 5-21-18

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 […]

Free College HBCUs 5-18-18

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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Maryland Governor to Sign Free Tuition into Law

Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will sign a law that gives free tuition to community college students in the state, his spokeswoman said. The legislation sets aside $15 million per year for scholarships to give students up to $5,000 for community college tuition. To be eligible, students need to have at least a 2.3 high […]

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N.C. Governor Wants $60 Million for Job Training

Gov. Roy Cooper proposed a new $20 million grant program Wednesday to help people finish college even when financial emergencies soak up their tuition money. It would be part of $60 million the governor plans to put in his forthcoming budget proposal: $20 million for these “Finish Line Grants,” $30 million to boost free job […]

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