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Grand Rapids Raises Tuition $1

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College students will see their tuition increase by $1 this fall – the lowest hike in nearly two decades, officials say. The less than 1 percent increase means the tuition rate for residents will be $114 per credit hour, up from $113, for the 2018-19 school year. Including […]

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Mississippi Colleges Rally for More Funding

Educating over 75,000 students a year, community colleges in Mississippi are banding together asking lawmakers for more support and funding. Students like Adam Kirkland grew up knowing the value of a good education, but he wasn’t sure if his family could afford it. Kirkland spent countless hours studying and getting a 29 on his ACT, […]

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Baltimore County Proposes Free Tuition

(WMAR) – A proposal in Baltimore County aims to provide community college tuition for a certain group of students. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced the plan at CCBC Essex Monday morning. His FY ’19 budget includes a request for a Baltimore County College Promise program. It’s a new need-based scholarship program that will cover […]

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Bill Will Help Schools Collect Debts

JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – Give us our tuition or give us your taxes. That’s the choice some Mississippi community college students can make. A new law sitting on Governor Phil Bryant’s desk will give community colleges a new way to collect past due tuition payments. The schools will be able to seize state tax refunds […]

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Seattle Free College Plan Takes Shape

One of Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s top goals is to make community college free for every Seattle high-school graduate, and last week, she rolled out a program that would do so over several years. The plan, which would likely work in concert with College Bound and other state and federal aid programs, would pay for […]

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Dreamers’ Tuition Case Turns on Definitions

The question of how much it will cost “dreamers” to get a higher education in Arizona could turn on who the state Supreme Court decides is in this country with “lawful immigration status.” In new legal filings, the attorney for the Maricopa community colleges told the justices that phrase is the same as “lawful presence.” […]

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Students Could Save Thousands Under New Bill

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin reintroduced legislation that would make the cost of community and technical colleges more affordable to students. The America’s College Promise Act, first introduced in July 2015, would create new federal-state partnerships to provide tuition-free access over a two-year period to community and technical college programs that lead to a degree or […]

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Bill Would Limit Student Borrowing

Students expecting to borrow money from the government to pay for their college education could be in for a big surprise if a proposed bill known as the Prosper Act — which aims to consolidate federal grants — is approved. The bill will, in effect, cut by more than half the maximum amount of money […]

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What If U.S. Wiped Out Student Debts?

Picture the United States without student debt. It’s a country with a larger, more vibrant economy than the one we have today. It’s a country where more than a million people, including many people who never went to college, have jobs they would not otherwise have. A new report from Bard College’s Levy Economics Institute […]

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Has Student Loan Debt Reached Crisis Point?

Federal student loan debt is nearly $1.4 trillion, more than twice as much as it was a decade ago. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Susan Dynarski (@dynarski), professor of public policy, education and economics at the University of Michigan, about whether the situation with student loans is a crisis. Interview Highlights On the […]

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Adults Can Apply for Tennessee’s Free Schooling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says applications are now being accepted for adults who want to enroll tuition-free this fall at a community college or technical college. In a news release Thursday, the governor’s office says Tennessee Reconnect applications can be completed online . Enrollees need to apply to a community college or […]

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College Aid Proves Game Changer for Foster Youth

Advocates are trying to reach as many high school seniors in foster care as possible before a key financial aid deadline next month. Xavier Mountain knows how important that outreach can be. Put into foster care at the age of two, by the time he graduated from high school in Stockton, California he knew he […]

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