Charles DervaricsStudentsBefore House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion DataThe federal government’s method of collecting college graduation rates is outdated and does not take into account the large number of nontraditional students now in higher education, witnesses told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.September 20, 2012OpinionPublic University Leaders Tout Value of College, Affirmative ActionUniv. of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman outlined her strong support for continued use of race as a factor in college admissions.September 19, 2012Community CollegesHouse Passes Bill to Help Veterans with College OptionsThe House of Representatives this week approved a bill that would increase consumer protections for veterans using the GI Bill and ban colleges from paying bonuses or commissions for recruiting students.September 13, 2012StudentsScholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers of ColorEngineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban public universities increase the number of engineers of color, whom they say are critical to the nation’s future economic growth.September 12, 2012HomeAutomatic Education Cuts Loom on the Federal HorizonEducation advocates are bracing for more upheaval at the prospect of across-the-board federal budget cuts that would chop more than $4 billion from higher education and K-12 programs starting in January.August 26, 2012African-AmericanWhite House: New African-American Initiative to Cover All EducationPresident Obama’s new initiative on African-American education will focus on the full spectrum of pre-K to higher education learning and will “complement” the federal initiative on historically Black schools, the White House says.July 26, 2012African-AmericanWhite House: New African-American Initiative to Cover All EducationPresident Obama’s new initiative on African-American education will focus on the full spectrum of pre-K to higher education learning and will “complement” the federal initiative on historically Black schools, the White House says.July 26, 2012Community CollegesFeds Outline Model to Simplify Financial Aid Award LettersColleges and universities are receiving a final version of the “financial aid shopping sheet” designed by the Obama administration to provide students with easy-to-understand information about their financial aid awards.July 24, 2012HomeReport to Congress: Some Private Lenders Engaged in ‘Risky’ PracticesStudent loan borrowers have more than $150 billion in outstanding debt through private student loans, a sector of the financial aid market beset by “risky practices,” Obama administration officials said Thursday.July 19, 2012HomeNorth Carolina A&T Joins ‘Model’ List on Financial Aid Award LettersThe White House has enlisted the aid of 10 post-secondary institutions — including historically Black North Carolina A&T State University — to serve as models in providing students with vital information.July 8, 2012Previous PagePage 3 of 38Next Page
