US to Join Suit Against For-Profit College Chain News from New York Times: The Justice Department plans to intervene in a whistle-blower lawsuit charging that one of the nation’s largest for-profit college companies, the Education Management Corporation, defrauded the government by illegally paying recruiters based on the number of students they enrolled, according to a [...]
A good college education will only help your career News from Arizona Republic: by Steve Sanghi – May. 1, 2011 12:00 AM Question: I want to build a good foundation for the rest of my life. Being from another country, trying to fit into the American lifestyle has been pretty easy except for one thing: [...]
Don’t Blame Pell for the Cost of College News from Huffington Post: As Congress continues to debate a 2012 budget, Chairman Paul Ryan and others have proposed slashing Pell grants, a program that provides tuition aid for millions of low-income students. They argue that Pell is responsible for the rising cost of college tuition. But [...]
Castor speaks in support of education News from Tbo.com:TAMPA – Proposed cuts to education funding could mean fewer students can afford to go to college, or to the college of their choice, a U.S. representative and a student-to-be said Wednesday. For decades, federal Pell grants have been a mainstay of many students’ plans for paying [...]
Castor speaks in support of education News from Tbo.com:TAMPA – Proposed cuts to education funding could mean fewer students can afford to go to college, or to the college of their choice, a U.S. representative and a student-to-be said Wednesday. For decades, federal Pell grants have been a mainstay of many students’ plans for paying [...]
Free college education urged for kids of public educators News from Inquirer.net: MANILA, Philippines—A teachers’ party-list group is seeking free college education for children of public elementary and high school teachers, a social wage that the teaching sector believes is necessary to augment their limited salaries from the government. ACT party-list Representative Antonio Tinio this [...]
APNewsBreak: Morris Brown, feds prepping debt deal News from The Associated Press: APNewsBreak: Morris Brown, feds prepping debt deal (AP) – 4 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) — Morris Brown College is expected to settle nearly $ 10 million in debt for pennies on the dollar in an agreement pending with the U.S. Education Department, according [...]
Lt. Gov. Simon brings college tour to COD News from Chicago Sun-Times: Lt. Gov. Simon brings college tour to COD By Dan Cassidy dcassidy@stmedianetwork.com Apr 21, 2011 06:45PM The interior street scene begins to take shape for the “tactical village” training area in the new Homeland Security Education Center at College of DuPage. (Photo by [...]
News from Asbury Park Press: As tuition and other expenses continue to rise, a college education is slipping away for more and more students. And Republicans in the House of Representatives seem bent on making it even harder for lower- and middle-income students to afford it. A House budget resolution passed Friday would seriously trim [...]
