Donation helps college toward scholarship goal
Sacramento Bee
He had no college education and, apparently, no ties to San Joaquin Delta College. But now, 11 years after his death, a donation from Hollinshed's trust will allow more than 50 students to complete two years of higher education through Delta's Passport ...
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College debts but no degree? Reform the Pell grant program
Boston Globe
You may have recently shared a holiday meal with a relative who has a bachelor's degree, plenty of debt, and not much of a job. You may wonder whether college degrees have become worthless. For dropouts, though, the picture is even worse: The average ...
MTSU plans for higher education changes
Murfreesboro Post
15, Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell reminded graduates during the morning ceremony that they were in exclusive company – only 33 percent of Tennesseans have a college degree. Tennessee can and must do better. State leaders are demanding ...
Higher education costs widening mobility gap
The News Journal
Education – the salvation of the nation's poor and often disenfranchised student over the last 30 years – now is pegged as a clear divider in a widening economic gap, even for those who pursue and complete college degrees. “Everyone wants to think of ...
A new college option in Killeen
Killeen Daily Herald
Another college is planning to open its doors in Killeen for 2013 to offer students degrees and professional certificates in a number of industries. Vista College, an accredited for-profit post-secondary institution, is set to begin classes in January ...
Press-Enterprise
EDITORIAL: Colleges should find ways to cut tuition costs
Press-Enterprise
Get a college education" is still good advice to young people who want to excel in life. But the astonishing rise in the cost of a college education over the past 40 years is making a degree less attractive every year. Several of the nation's governors ...
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OregonLive.com
At long last, higher ed gets a place of its own at the Legislature
OregonLive.com
It took until 2007 for the House to set up even a subcommittee on higher education, with a wavering existence. It became a full committee for this year's short session, and will now, after some more post-election uncertainty, function in its first full ...
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Editorial: Retain degree-tuition flexibility for state's colleges, universities
The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON lawmakers are legitimately concerned that higher education's ability to charge more for certain degrees will raise the state's obligation to families who prepaid college costs. But permanently repealing the 2011 law that gave colleges and ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
N.J. colleges, unions spent $2M pushing higher education bond question
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
NEWARK — A coalition of New Jersey colleges, state labor unions and corporations spent more than $2 million to help persuade voters to pass the historic $750 million higher education bond question on last month's ballot, according to state election ...
Coastal Bend higher education institutions gear up for legislative session
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Reinstating base funding, authorizing funds for new campus buildings and aligning high school curriculum with college and workforce needs round out the list of Coastal Bend's higher education institutions' priorities. As area institutions felt the ...
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