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White House, Senate Agree to Cut Student Loan Rates

The latest compromise in the student loan debate will reduce rates on new subsidized loans to 3.86 percent, but critics say students may still pay higher rates in the future.

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Senate Prepares to Finish Work on Student Loan Deal

Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for students this fall, but the costs would start climbing almost immediately under a deal the Senate was poised to pass Wednesday. The bipartisan proposal lawmakers were considering would link interest rates on federal student loans to the financial markets, providing lower interest rates right […]

William Gray, Former Congressman and UNCF President, Dies

Gray, an ex-U.S. Rep, first Black Majority Whip, and former president of the United Negro College Fund passed away Monday at the age of 71.

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Lawmakers Attempt to Save Student Loan Deal

A handful of senators struggled Thursday to hold together a bipartisan deal to keep student loan rates from doubling on July 1 while their colleagues traded political barbs with little more than a week to go before the deadline.

Leadership & Policy

Illinois University Employees Offer Partial Pension Fix

Illinois university employees would pay more toward their pensions and receive annual retirement-pay increases tied to inflation in a reform plan the Senate president supports, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

Faculty & Staff

Alcorn State Celebrates Medgar Evers’ Civil Rights Legacy

The thriving land-grant institution in rural Mississippi hosted the last leg of celebrations in the state honoring Evers 50 years after his assassination.

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Faculty & Staff

Move to Quash Journalism Center Bashed

A conservative radio talk show host and a moderate Republican state senator on Thursday both bashed a move to quash an investigative journalism center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Senate Defeats Democratic, Republican Student Loan Plans

Interest rates on new student loans are likely headed higher after senators failed Thursday to advance proposals to keep them from doubling July 1.

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Petition Opposes Weber State Program Named for Mormon Leader

A Utah gay-rights organization has started a petition to protest the naming of a new Weber State University program after the second-highest ranking leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who has called homosexual attraction as unnatural and immoral.

New Indiana Law Gives Veterans More Access to College

A bill signed into law last week allowing veterans greater access to a more-affordable college education will keep Vincennes University among the top schools for military and former military personnel.

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Higher Ed and the Dreamers: The Big Winners in Immigration Bill By Far

Compromise is imperfect, but colleges and universities have to be happy with the immigration bill as it stands.

UConn Opposing Bill to Regulate Scholarships

Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the University of Connecticut to continue paying for the education of athletes who lose their scholarships due to injury, illness or even a coach’s decision.

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