Changes on higher education sought
San Antonio Express
House Higher Education Committee Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, proposes basing up to a quarter of each school's state funding on performance, such as graduation rates, rather than strictly enrollment. Gov. Rick Perry has said universities should lock ...
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Vets Face Confusion Using GI Bill at State Schools
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness. Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the federal government will pick up the full in-state cost for any ...
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Institute for Higher Education Policy Outlines Financial Aid System Reforms
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
In the latest release of policy papers recently commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on ideas for overhauling the U.S. higher education financial aid system, the Institute for Higher Education Policy has identified 13 policy ...
Learn How to Pay for College at Local 'College Goal Sunday' EventsThe B-Town Blog (blog)
Texas Law to Compel Students to FIgure out "How to Pay for Higher Education"Washington Monthly (blog)
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Crisis Management: Leaders Reflect on High Presidential Turnovers at HBCUs
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Diverse contacted four higher education leaders to discuss the apparent leadership crisis at HBCUs: Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO); Ronald Mason, president of the ...
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EDUCATION DIGEST: Chambersburg's Wilson College offers lab experiments - Chambersburg Public Opinion
EDUCATION DIGEST: Chambersburg's Wilson College offers lab experiments
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Wilson College will host nontraditional school students for a science lab day later this month. The college will conduct a Home and Cyber School Science Lab Day from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Brooks Science Complex. The college is taking ...
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Private-College Presidents Urge a Commitment to Need-Based Aid
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The document's headline declares that "High Tuition/High Discount Has No Future." It goes on to call the current method of awarding aid "unsustainable" and states that widespread tuition discounting "has led to an allocation of higher-education ...
Baby Steps for Need-Based AidInside Higher Ed
College Admissions: Financial Aid + The Fiscal CliffGoLocal Worcester
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The best college education? Reading, writing and thinking
News & Observer
A college education often is a mediator of the developmental process, not the producer of a final outcome. Another reason for caution is that predictions of what jobs are going to be available, even in the near future, are notoriously unreliable ...
American College of Higher Education making steady progressThe Sunday Times Sri Lanka
Column: Higher education crises and how to beat themUSA TODAY
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College tuition and mission
Washington Post
The Post's Dec. 29 news story “Md.'s tuition hikes lowest” noted that Maryland's public universities have had the lowest tuition increases in the nation for the past five years. This is good for Marylanders. What the article did not fully explain is ...
Affording higher educationBrazil Times
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Affording higher education
Brazil Times
In October, Indiana University announced it was freezing tuition for juniors and seniors who, after their sophomore year, were on track to graduate within four years. It is encouraging to see that more Indiana colleges and universities are recognizing ...
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Column: Higher education crises and how to beat them
USA TODAY
Concern about the performance of higher education is no longer limited to policymakers and researchers. It is widespread, and for good reason: The failures of our colleges and universities are reflected in our economy, our social stability and our ...
The best college education? Reading, writing and thinkingNews & Observer
American College of Higher Education making steady progressThe Sunday Times Sri Lanka
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