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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, […]

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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.) […]

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,” […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

More College Aid Going to the Rich

ITHACA, N.Y. — Maya Portillo started life solidly in the middle class. Both her parents were college graduates, they sent her to a Montessori school, they took family vacations and they owned a house in Tucson filled with the books she loved to read. Then, when she was 10, Portillo’s father left, the house was […]

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Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to $150,000 Student Loan Fraud

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 28, to federal charges after obtaining student loans in others’ names to defraud the U.S. Department of Education of about $150,000. Brandon Kenon Rogers, 31, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, a 20-year felony, aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory two-year prison term […]

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