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Sports

One in Four Students Would Delay or Drop Out of School if Federal Financial Aid Were Cut

As yet another budget deadline looms in Congress, the impact of a sequester and automatic budget cuts on individual students has gone largely undiscussed.

February 25, 2013

Students

Stanford University First College to Raise $1B

Stanford University has set a record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday.

February 20, 2013

Sports

NYC’s Cooper Union May Begin Charging Tuition

New York City’s prestigious Cooper Union school is running a budget deficit of $12 million a year, and may have to end its long tradition of allowing all undergraduate students to attend tuition-free.

February 17, 2013

Sports

Florida A&M Law School Warned it is not Meeting Standards

The American Bar Association’s report points out that 30 percent of the students admitted either do not graduate the school or do not pass the bar exam.

February 17, 2013

Students

Debt Concerns Change Way Students Earn Degrees

A Whiteland senior is hoping to graduate from college without any student loan debt.

January 31, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Bankrupt Lon Morris College Campus Sold at Auction

The oldest junior college in Texas has been sold at auction with much of the property going to the local school district and an office supply company.

January 23, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Deferred-action Immigration May Get Tuition Break

Pima Community College may give in-state tuition breaks to students who qualify under the federal government’s deferred-deportation program.

January 21, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Pa. College Faculty Report Contract Talks Stalled

The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities says contract talks have stalled again.

January 17, 2013

Students

Rhode Island Can’t Access Student Records at Closed School

Rhode Island higher education officials say a career training school that abruptly shut down has lost its accreditation, and they’re calling on the school to release student records.

January 3, 2013

Students

‘Whiz’ Doesn’t Begin to Describe This Kid

Philadelphia scholar Cameron Clarke scores a perfect 2400 on the SAT.

January 2, 2013

MSIs

Higher Education Spared Cuts — For Now

Higher education programs and education-related tax breaks get a reprieve of at least 60 days as a result of the agreement by President Obama and Congress that averts the “fiscal cliff.”

January 2, 2013

Sports

Ex-NY College Administrator Fraudulently Changed Grades

A former New York City college administrator has admitted faking professors’ signatures to boost grades for students in danger of failing.

December 20, 2012