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Report: Tennessee’s Free Tuition Not Enough to Close Gap

Tennessee is set to become the first state to offer free community college to all adults, but a new report shows free tuition alone is not enough to encourage many Tennessee students to attend college. The state-wide study, outlined by the nonprofit group Complete TN, based its findings off conversations with education leaders at nine […]

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Radio Station Appeals for Funds After College Cancels Funds

As part of its bid to curb spending, financially crunched Lane Community College has canceled its traditional $200,000 annual donation to namesake radio station KLCC for the coming fiscal year. But the downtown Eugene-based public radio station — which is a department of LCC — said it nevertheless plans to preserve its news offerings and […]

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Florida Governor Vetoes Boost to College Aid

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday vetoed a far-reaching bill that would have boosted financial aid for high school students heading to college while attempting to lift Sunshine State schools into the ranks of elite counterparts. The legislation, which was a top priority for Senate President Joe Negron, required the state to […]

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N.Y. Accepting Application for Free College

The application is now open for the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that grants free tuition to students attending New York’s public colleges and universities. To be eligible for the scholarship this fall, students first must complete separate applications for federal aid and the state’s Tuition Assistance Program. Only then will they be able to receive […]

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Ill. College Will Get Mine Safety Funds

ARLINGTON, Va. — An Illinois community college is getting a share of a $250,000 federal grant to develop training programs to better identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in mines. Illinois Eastern Community College is one of five schools or organizations around the country that will each be receiving $50,000 from the U.S. Department […]

S.C. Offers Free Tuition at a 2-year College

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State efforts to save a historically black public college in one of South Carolina’s poorest areas include offering local high school graduates a free two-year degree or technical certificate. A law signed Friday by Gov. Henry McMaster puts the state Technical College System directly in charge of Denmark Technical College until November […]

Too Many Letters of Support? Grant Denied

Extra letters of support led to the rejection of a $1.3 million, five-year grant application from Northwest Arkansas Community College that would have paid for the continuation of a program helping low-income students prepare for college, a school official said. Letters from high school administrators pushed the grant application for what’s known as the Upward […]

N.Y., Take Lessons from Tennessee

SMYRNA, Tenn. — A high school assembly changed Nicole-Lynn Riel’s life. In the fall of 2014, as Ms. Riel, a senior, was applying for jobs at Red Lobster, J. C. Penney and Target, a speaker came to her school to talk about a new state program, Tennessee Promise, that would pay the tuition for all […]

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S.F. College May Tie Free Tuition to Grades

San Francisco is on the cusp of finalizing an agreement to make tuition free at City College of San Francisco, but at least one sticking point remains over whether students have to meet certain academic requirements to be eligible. As cities across the nation discuss free higher education, the efforts are not as simple or […]

Pell Restored for Students in Limbo

Students who attended now-closed institutions will be eligible to continue receiving federal Pell grants to continue their education at other schools, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. Those who began their education careers at schools like ITT Tech and others that were wiped out due to heightened scrutiny over predatory institutions under the Obama […]

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R.I. Lawmakers Warm Up to Free Tuition

Even under new management, the Senate remains a mostly welcoming place for Gov. Gina Raimondo and her education policies. Raimondo took her campaign for two years of tuition-free public college to the Senate Finance Committee last week and was greeted with mostly positive comments from senators. New Senate President Dominick Ruggerio — whose enthusiasm for […]

Siemens Donates $315M to Connecticut Colleges

(WTNH) — It is state of the art computer programming donated by the global technology company Siemens given to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities so students can learn with future of manufacturing. Siemens believes Connecticut is on the forefront of aerospace and naval manufacturing. So by donating more than $300 million worth of technology […]

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