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State-Related Community Colleges
Illinois leads list of states where community colleges already get only a single-digit percentage of their budgets from the state, and more cuts may be on the way.
Colleges Consider Cosby Ties
Allegations against the comedian, an active fund-raiser and speaker in higher education, have led one college to drop his name, while others stand by him.
Harkin’s Last Act?
Among the new provisions in the retiring Democrat's final proposal to rewrite the Higher Education Act are a student unit record system and incentives for colleges to graduate more Pell Grant recipients.
Promise Goes Grassroots
National "free tuition" group changes its name and pitch with plan to support state and city tuition scholarships while continuing to push on the federal level.
Default Rate Adjustments Panned
The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House education committees hit the Obama administration over decision to lower some colleges' default rates, allowing them to avoid sanctions.
Tuition and Borrowing Growth Slows
College Board's annual reports give evidence that rising tuition prices and college debt may not go on forever. Tuition increases are slowing, as education borrowing declines slightly.
New Programs: Business, Social Work, Communications, EMS, Higher Education, Engineering
College of Saint Rose has created four new majors in its business program: management, entrepreneurship, marketing and human resource management...
The Right to Sanction
Did the U. of Kansas overstep its bounds when it expelled a student for harassing an ex-girlfriend online, or was it acting on instructions from the federal government?