The circumstances of 18-year-old high school graduates beginning their bachelor’s degree programs at four-year residential colleges are different from that of 30-year-old single parents seeking short-term occupational certificates to find jobs. A new report released by a panel of higher education experts recommends changes to the Pell Grant system to better serve the growing numbers of nontraditional students.
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4/25/2013
College students will see an increase in state grant awards next year mostly because fewer students will be applying for them. The increase in aid that does not have to be repaid should help students reduce the amount they need to borrow to earn that college degree.
4/18/2013
Presidents of the six public universities told the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday that proposals to cut as much as 4 percent from their 2014 budgets would mean fewer course offerings and other campus cuts.
4/18/2013
Gov. John Kitzhaber has put forth a budget that earmarks $428 million for Oregon’s 17 community colleges for the 2013-15 biennium. Those of us associated with the state’s community colleges have appreciated the positive direction of this budget — up from $395 million in the 2011-13 biennium.
4/18/2013
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship has teamed up with The Coleman Foundation and Sam's Club to develop three new funding programs for community colleges. To qualify, community colleges must showcase their strengths in entrepreneurship education.
4/11/2013
After Gov. Jay Nixon called for increased performance-based funding for higher education in his State of the State address this January, a funding model doing just that will finally reach the Senate floor for debate.
4/4/2013
As the Senate worked to consider as many bills as possible before the official crossover day today, two actions on the floor saw some major debate. The first, a bill studying a change to the funding model for higher education facilities was discussed and then put to a vote. The second, an amendment proposed for a second time on the floor that had already failed in committee.
3/21/2013
The University of Michigan Health System is naming its cardiovascular center after a couple who gifted $50 million to the center during the past six years.
2/14/2013
Use this resource to determine where your higher ed institution stands against others in your state or the country in terms of federal funding.
2/14/2013
Obama's State of the Union address was much the same as last year’s, focusing intensely on college affordability and putting institutions on notice that the gravy train of public support for rising prices would have to end.
1/29/2013
Researchers with Harvard Medical School plan to spend a decade studying hundreds of former players
12/10/2012
Career and technical education (CTE) is everywhere today. Even in a nation often divided along partisan lines, there is a consensus about the role of career and technical education in helping the nation increase its global competitiveness.
11/27/2012
University of Michigan has topped its public peers in research and development spending for the third year in a row, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation.
11/19/2012
The University at Buffalo on Monday closed its seven-month-old shale gas research institute, which was under investigation by the State University Board of Trustees after a group of professors accused it of having undisclosed ties to industry.
11/11/2012
College officials in New Jersey are making quick work of deciding how they hope to spend their portion of a $750 million higher education bond approved by voters on Election Day.
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