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Colleges consider ways to cut budgets
Seeded on Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:14 AM EST (Kentucky.com: Homepage)
A 3 percent budget cut means a $34.5 million hit to the state university and community college system, which includes $10 million at the University of Kentucky.
Federal Budget Blahs
Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:35 AM EST (Inside Higher Ed)
What seemed a promising budget year for most federal programs important to colleges ended in relative disappointment this month, as Democratic leaders in Congress blinked in a stare-down with President Bush.
Ball State OKs 4 new charter schools, 2 in Indy
Seeded on Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:36 PM EST (The Indianapolis Star)
Ball State University has approved four additional charter schools to open next year, including two in Indianapolis.
Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans
Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:33 PM EST
Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and prompting warnings of worse to come.
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Providing the Structure the Autistic Need for College Life
Seeded on Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:26 PM EST (The Washington Post)
The first 15 years of Laura Freeman's childhood were marred by erratic obsessions with television shows, outbursts when other children teased her, a suicide attempt and questions about why she behaved the way she did.
Pell Grants Cut
Seeded on Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:20 PM EST (New America Foundation)
In October and again in November, we warned that Congress might try to cut the Pell Grant program for low-income college students.
Lottery no cure-all for college costs
Seeded on Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:17 AM EST (TheState.com)
State lawmakers promised a lottery would make a college education in South Carolina more affordable.
Public schools can't use tax money for scholarships, AG says
Seeded on Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:15 AM EST (Bismark Tribune)
North Dakota's public schools do not have authority to spend tax money on college scholarships for their graduates, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.
2.75 GPA for lottery scholarship discussed
Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:14 AM EST (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The grade-point average a student needs to retain a lottery scholarship for all four years of college should be lowered to 2.75, a Tennessee Higher Education Commission official said.
Plan expands education in rural areas
Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:11 AM EST (Bangor News)
The Maine Community College System has unveiled a $6.2 million program designed to expand its reach into rural Maine.
Maine College Becomes Carbon Neutral
Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:15 AM EST (The Washington Post)
Tiny College of the Atlantic, with 300 students and only one major, human ecology, has become the nation's first "carbon-neutral" campus, school officials said Wednesday.
NY Panel: Colleges need infusion of cash, faculty
Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:13 AM EST (Newsday.com)
Saying New York State is "losing ground in an intensifying global economy," the governor's Commission on Higher Education yesterday called for an infusion of 2,000 full-time faculty, a $3 billion "innovation fund" to promote research and $5.8 billion to meet critical maintenance …
$175 million grant for Wisconsin Covenant - great news for low income students
Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:11 AM EST (madison.com)
The largest gift to low-income students in Wisconsin history will provide $175 million for grants to graduates of public schools to attend the state 's public colleges and universities and will boost the state 's Wisconsin Covenant program, officials revealed Monday night.
Free Exchange on Campus - Legislation Tracker
Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:03 PM EST (Free Exchange on Campus)
Keep track of so-called "academic bill of rights" and "intellectual diversity" bills on Free Exchange's Legislative Tracker. Have updates or additions? Send them to info@freeexchangeoncampus.org.
FL expects deep cuts to higher education budget
Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:24 AM EST (tallahassee.com)
State university chancellor Mark Rosenberg warned Thursday that the financial future facing the state university system continues to be grim.
U Texas system offers tuition hope for parents, students
Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:21 AM EST (The Houston Chronicle)
The University of Texas System's governing board, facing intense criticism from state lawmakers, students and their bill-paying parents over another round of tuition hikes, agreed Thursday to limit the increases over the next two years.
Big money for Arkansas college endowments
Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:14 AM EST (NWArktimes.com)
The University of Arkansas Foundation received endowment investment returns of 19. 9 percent during fiscal year 2007, its highest in at least a decade.
UT growth plan could cost other schools
Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:12 AM EST (The Nashville Tennessean)
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's plan to increase student enrollment by more than 20 percent during the next decade could have an impact on other state schools' funding in coming years.
Wind turbines possibility for district
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:09 AM EST (South Bend Tribune)
Winds coming from the south and west of School City of Mishawaka could make energy-producing turbines a winning situation here, based on a report released this week to the board of school trustees.
Doctoral students turning down UC due to inadequate aid packages
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:04 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)
The University of California is failing to attract some of the best doctoral students because its financial aid and fellowship packages are not competitive with other top colleges, according to a new report from UC.
Question is whether tuition idea would help or drive away students
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:02 AM EST (Las Vegas Sun)
To entice more students to go to school full time, UNLV officials have tried to make their campus more appealing over the years.
Debates Persist Over Subsidies for Immigrant College Students
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:57 AM EST (The New York Times)
Children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents find, years later, that they must forgo higher education because they are ineligible for federal or state aid.
State support called critical for higher ed
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:54 AM EST (Kentucky.com: Homepage)
A consultant warned yesterday that legislative and gubernatorial support is crucial to further progress with Kentucky's reforms of its system of public universities and community colleges.
Iowa's Student Vote
Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:37 PM EST (The New York Times)
Political campaigns and elected officials have used a variety of tactics over the years to keep students from voting. This is bad for politics and bad for the nation.
CORRECTED: Monkeys and college students as good at mental math
Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:07 AM EST (Reuters)
Corrects chimps to monkeys throughout By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Monkeys performed about as well as college students at mental addition, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding that suggests nonverbal math skills are not unique...
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