4 weeks 6 days ago

CollegeNews

Obama's Immigration Plan
Inside Higher Ed
President Obama called for comprehensive immigration reform in a Las Vegas speech Tuesday afternoon, including several provisions that could affect American colleges and their students and graduates. The president's proposed framework for immigration ...
Obama, Senate propose dueling plans for immigration reformCollegeNews

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4 weeks 6 days ago

CBS News

Gov. Rick Perry calls upon Legislature to freeze college tuition
UT The Daily Texan
Gov. Rick Perry reaffirmed his support for freezing four-year tuition rates for incoming freshmen in his biannual State of the State address yesterday. Perry first proposed fixed four-year tuition rates Sept. 21 at the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival as ...
Area university, college administrators react to governor's higher education ...LubbockOnline.com
State of the State: Perry addresses tax cuts, infrastructure and educationYour Houston News
Gov. Rick Perry's Seventh State of the State AddressKIII TV3

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5 weeks 3 hours ago

Senate Dems: Hold line on public college tuition
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Under a plan unveiled Tuesday, Democrats would halt soaring college tuition increases for two years, develop a new program in which public colleges “earn” additional money, preserve the state's Guaranteed Education Tuition program and move back ...

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5 weeks 4 hours ago

News & Observer

McCrory's call to alter higher education gets angry response
News & Observer
Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change the way higher education is funded in North Carolina, focusing more on careers for graduates and away from academic pursuits “that have no chance of getting people jobs.” The remarks came in a national radio ...
Another Liberal Arts CriticInside Higher Ed
UNCC students react to McCrory's comments on higher ed fundsWSOC Charlotte
NC Gov. McCrory's comments link college funding to job successThe Idaho Statesman
Baptists Today (subscription) (blog) -Huffington Post -Charlotte Observer
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5 weeks 4 hours ago

Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio

College Leaders Call for Immediate Remediation with Drop-out Crisis
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
In a letter published by the National Commission on Higher Education Attainment last week, college leaders recommended that schools begin to research measures on increasing completion rates in order to achieve the national goal of creating a skilled ...
Op-ed: Focus funding on the student in higher educationThe Seattle Times
College-to-university transfer means potential savings for students and ...Canada NewsWire (press release)
It's Tough to Trail Blaze: Challenges of First-Generation College StudentsHuffington Post
New America Foundation (blog) -U.S. News University
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5 weeks 7 hours ago

CBS News

Area university, college administrators react to governor's higher education ...
LubbockOnline.com
Rick Perry addressed a few higher education issues during his biennial state of the state address before a joint session of the Texas Legislature on Tuesday. Perry once again called for efforts to make higher education more accessible and affordable to ...
State of the State: Perry addresses tax cuts, infrastructure and educationYour Houston News
Perry lists tax relief among top prioritiesHouston Chronicle
Gov. Rick Perry's Seventh State of the State AddressKIII TV3
Dallas Morning News (blog)
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5 weeks 8 hours ago

Speaker Will Weatherford: State's research universities should charge higher ...
Orlando Sentinel
Florida's new speaker of the house, Will Weatherford, said Tuesday that he supports allowing public research universities such as the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida to charge higher tuition than other state universities ...

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5 weeks 9 hours ago

WRAL.com

McCrory: Fund higher education based on results
WRAL.com
"I'm looking at legislation right now – in fact, I just instructed my staff yesterday to go ahead and develop legislation – which would change the basic formula in how education money is given out to our universities and our community colleges. It's ...
McCrory wants to revamp higher ed funding, takes aim at UNC-Chapel HillCharlotte Observer
McCrory: NC colleges should focus on job skillsabc11.com
McCrory wants NC college focus on in-demand jobsWCNC
The Daily Tar Heel
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5 weeks 10 hours ago

WCSH-TV

Unity College Becomes First in Higher Education to Make Climate Change ...
PR Newswire (press release)
29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many institutions of higher education in the United States offer environmental majors. Additionally, some are also focused on sustainability. Now one college has tied every aspect of its curriculum to the mitigation ...
Visionary College President Stephen Mulkey Puts Higher Education on Notice ...International Business Times (press release)

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5 weeks 11 hours ago

WBNG-TV

Deadline to Apply for FASNY's Higher Education Tuition Reimbursement ...
WBNG-TV
(WBNG Binghamton) In 2011, the Firemen's Association of the State of New York unveiled a historic educational initiative called the FASNY Higher Education Learning Plan. According to a news release: WBNG E-News - Sign Up For Our Newsletter! This first ...