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Leadership

Colleges Response to Needs: Pantries, Books, Childcare

A year after graduating from North Hollywood High School in 2013, family disputes pushed Michael Jaramillo to living on the streets. Sometimes he’d find relief, like when his friend invited him to stay with his parents for two weeks. Odd jobs in construction, moving services and retail netted him just shy of $800 a month […]

Academics

Free College Completion Program Floated In Connecticut

Free college programs have sprung up in New York, Tennessee, Oregon, Rhode Island and California and now Connecticut lawmakers are looking into a similar plan to help students complete their degree. “Connecticut has a lot of residents stuck in the pipeline,” state Sen. Beth Bye, co-chair of the legislature’s Higher Education committee said. “It is […]

Finance

Free Tuition Proposed for Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) – Maryland legislators are considering two bills which would call for free tuition for all students enrolled in Maryland community colleges. Sen. Ronald N. Young, a Democrat who represents Frederick County, said: “It’s great for the economy, and the investment we make in it brings back way more dollars than it costs, […]

Finance

CBO: Higher Ed Bill Hits Student Borrowers

College students would lose $15 billion in federal student aid over the next decade if House Republicans succeed in turning their higher education bill into law, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform Act, sponsored by Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) […]

Finance

Studies: Federal Loans Raise Costs

Federal student grants and loans increase the cost of tuition at colleges and universities, a newly published survey of scientific studies concludes. “In 1987, then-secretary of education William J. Bennett penned an article in the New York Times entitled “Our Greedy Colleges,’” Jenna A. Robinson writes in her research paper “The Bennett Hypothesis Turns 30,” […]

Finance

Enrollment Up Under N.Y. Free Tuition Offer

ALBANY — New York’s public colleges and universities are seeing a stark rise in applications this winter, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo attributes the increase to the state’s new free tuition program, which rolled out this past summer. At the State University of New York, four-year schools have seen a 9 percent rise in applications compared […]

Finance

Bill Offers Ex-Foster Kids Free Education

A bipartisan group of Wisconsin legislators has proposed waiving tuition and fees for foster children attending UW System schools and state technical colleges, saying the children lack a permanent family when they age out of the foster system and need help to succeed. The measure would cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars in […]

Finance

Report Outlines Free Tuition Plan for Pa.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – A nonpartisan research group has released a new plan to make education at the Commonwealth’s public community colleges and universities more affordable. The plan, called “The Pennsylvania Promise,” was unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. Mark Price, a labor economist at the Keystone Research Center, says students first would fill out […]

Finance

Survey: What’s It Really Cost to Go to College?

What does it really cost California students to attend college? An ambitious new survey of about 100,000 students is about to attempt to answer that question, with a special emphasis on housing, food and transportation costs. Reaching out to public and private schools across the state, it will be the first survey of such scope […]

Finance

Mayor Secures $20 Million for College Bound

STOCKTON — Future doctors, lawyers and even astronauts from Stockton were all very excited to hear some of their college tuitions could be paid for on Tuesday. “I actually was afraid like, ‘Whoa, this is a lot of money,’” Franklin High School junior Yaillin Hernandez said. “I’m going to have to get a scholarship or […]

Finance

W.Va. Bill: 2 Years Free, Live in State 2 More Years or Repay

The free community college bill backed by West Virginia’s governor and Senate president was introduced Monday, and the current version would benefit traditional college-age students and adults returning to school. Senate Bill 284 would require students to enroll in at least six credit hours per semester and pay for and pass a drug test before […]

Finance

Community Colleges Lowering Cost of Education

On an afternoon in July, the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College bakes in the summer sun. On the quad, a few hardy students brave the heat, gathering at outdoor tables in the leafy shade. Nearby, a group of kids from Camp College—a summer enrichment program for ages 6-16—take an outdoor break, their […]

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