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Welfare Funds for Students Far From Welfare
Michigan uses millions in federal welfare funds for grants to private colleges -- and some of the money flows to students from middle class and affluent families.
New Programs: Computational Biology, Fire Science, Systems Engineering, Public Health, Restorative Justice, Computer Science, Architecture, Nursing, Data Analytics
Carnegie Mellon University is starting a bachelor of science in computational biology. College of the Ozarks is starting an undergraduate...
Hurricane Damage and Recovery
Flagler flooded; students at many campuses are evacuated; many colleges in region hit by Hurricane Matthew will remain closed Monday.
When PLUS Is a Minus
Admissions counselors raise concerns over some colleges packaging PLUS loans in financial aid award letters, possibly misleading families about cost of attendance.
Looking for a New Home
National accreditor ACCSC gets inquiries from nearly 300 colleges overseen by ACICS, most of them for-profits. Critics of accreditors will be watching as the agency reviews the flood of applications.
'Nail in the Coffin' for Chicago State?
“I just wonder how long we can go,” one faculty member at the financially struggling public university says.
States Fund More Student Aid
Grant aid grew by 5.7 percent and nongrant aid grew by more than 7 percent in 2014-15 fiscal year.
Opinion
HHS Should Take Custody of Pell Grant Recipients
The health and welfare of low-income college students is a national emergency, Wick Sloane argues, which is why Secretary Burwell and her agency should take responsibility for them.