There is a little bit of overlap between student loan interest rate reform proposals from Minnesota Rep. John Kline and President Obama, but not enough for the latter to sign the former's into law.
Student Services
5/16/2013
The online comparison tool, the first in Texas to have such a comprehensive set of information including earnings data, allows users to access and interact with information for every public university and community college across the state.
5/15/2013
This year's crop of college graduates is walking across the stage and into a still-tough job market, and Andy Chan, vice president of personal and career development at Wake Forest University, says many of them haven't been well-served by traditional career counseling.
5/9/2013
"Lavender graduation," also known as "rainbow graduation," first occurred at the University of Michigan in 1995 and honors the hardships, achievements, struggles and hopes and dreams of graduates and allies from the gay community.
5/3/2013
The average overall loan debt for bachelor’s degree recipients is fairly manageable (about $26,500 for the class of 2011, according to The Institute for College Access and Success). Still, students and families are shouldering a greater portion of the cost of college through loans than they ever have before. As student loan debt levels and default rates in the United States continue to climb, consumers remain concerned about the accessibility and affordability of higher education.
5/2/2013
The figure represents the cost difference between commercial textbooks, which can cost hundreds of dollars apiece, and free digital books written by Washington faculty members that cover the same subjects.
5/2/2013
With a coming world-wide jobs war, it is imperative that higher education and employers get this collaboration right. If they don’t, we run the risk of destroying one of the things America is best known for -- our higher education system.
5/2/2013
New college grads are entering a slow-to-recover job market that's particularly inhospitable to individuals with limited work experience. A professional coach can help young adults navigate the job search and make a smooth transition from the classroom to the corporate world.
4/12/2013
Until 2009, students at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (N.C.) could wait as long as two hours to be seen by a counselor in student services, which includes the offices of admissions, advising, financial aid, and the registrar. After signing in on a sheet of paper in one of four offices, students waited to be seen and were sometimes referred to another office. The process was not only time-consuming, but frustrating.
3/28/2013
The Textbook AI by college is a new feature of the Akademos Textbook Adoption Tool released last year that provides faculty key metrics to compare the quality and cost of textbooks across 3,600 subject areas.
3/14/2013
Confirmed and suspected cases were found in undergraduate students of multiple class years and living both on and off Loyola's North Baltimore campus.
3/14/2013
Forty of 85 students enrolled from Fort Bragg for courses that started Monday would have lost the federal grants. The school expected up to 100 students would be unable to register because of the budget cuts.
3/14/2013
This week, members of the Association for Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) are visiting Capitol Hill, hoping to put a good face on the for-profit college industry.
3/7/2013
School officials told ABCNews.com that its insurance carrier had agreed to cover so-called "top surgery" or breast removal for Collins, who was born female but has identified as male since prep school.
3/6/2013
As one of the most cost-effective administrative tools and marketing vehicles for recruitment and retention of students and employees, campus cards have been representative of technological advancement at higher education institutions across the country. The advent of mobile payment applications on campus will certainly give colleges the competitive advantage they need to boost enrollment, retain students and employees, and develop better relationships with local businesses.
