Charles DervaricsStudentsPaying for Pell Grant Program Requires Stark ChoicesTo maintain the current maximum grant of $5,550 and meet demand, the Obama administration would eliminate in-school Stafford Loan subsidies for graduate students.March 30, 2011SportsEducation Secretary Arne Duncan: Improve Division I Basketball Graduation RatesAs March Madness action was tipping off, Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined sports scholar Richard Lapchick and the NAACP president Ben Jealous to urge greater action on student-athlete graduation rates.March 17, 2011StudentsFederal Shutdown Averted, But Some Education Cuts Take EffectWhile a newly approved bill will stop a federal government shutdown for at least two weeks, the legislation comes at a price – terminating a long-standing $64 million student financial aid program.March 3, 2011African-AmericanHouse Budget Stirs Opposition Over Higher Education CutsAdvocates have criticized legislation by the House of Representatives that would cut funding for minority-serving colleges and universities by $250 million this year while reducing the maximum Pell Grant by more than $800 for the neediest students.March 1, 2011Community CollegesCivil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect ‘Gainful Employment’ RuleCiting the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.February 16, 2011StudentsObama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education PrioritiesPresident Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.February 14, 2011StudentsNew Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default RatesThe federal government’s new system to calculate student loan default rates – while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges – also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.February 13, 2011StudentsCivil Rights Groups Express Support for Gainful Employment RulesThe Obama administration’s efforts to step up oversight of for-profit colleges got a key endorsement when a group of civil rights leaders announced support for the proposed rules.February 7, 2011Leadership & PolicyMaryland Lawsuit Targets Undocumented Students’ Local Tuition BreakA Maryland community college is facing a lawsuit over its policy to provide low “in-county” tuition rates to any recent graduate of a local high school regardless of immigration status.February 3, 2011African-AmericanHBCUs Tapped for New International ProgramWith an eye toward the global economy, seven historically Black colleges and universities will participate in a new national initiative to help HBCUs expand their international programs and partnerships while enhancing global learning activities on their own campuses.January 20, 2011Previous PagePage 8 of 38Next Page
