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Beaker-ready projects? Colleges have quite a few
Colleges across the country have hundreds of shovel- and beaker-ready projects in the sciences that could collectively cost tens of billions of dollars and begin within weeks, reports the New…
Stimulus could prevent Alabama education layoffs
Alabama will receive about $1 billion in education funding from the federal stimulus bill, which will help the state stave off the worst effects of proration. About $600 million, the…
Stimulus deal addresses school modernization
Senate and House negotiators agreed Feb. 11 on a compromise, $789 billion economic stimulus bill that includes some funding for school modernization, a priority item for President Obama and House…
Schools lose in Senate stimulus ‘compromise’
Despite $1 billion in ed-tech funding and increases in college Pell Grants, education took a major hit when the U.S. Senate cut all $20 billion in proposed funding for school…
Five ways to attract investors to campus technology
Universities can support costly technology projects by teaming up with venture capitalists seeking sound investments, but higher-education officials should beware the potential for investor money to become bogged down in…
Stimulus bill includes $142B for education
Some $20 billion for school modernization and $1 billion for educational technology are among nearly $150 billion in funding targeted toward education in the House version of the new economic…
Education Advocates Pushing Hard to Get Piece of Stimulus Pie
More than a dozen education and consumer groups asked Congress on Thursday for a 50 percent increase in the maximum Pell Grant and a 25 percent hike in college work-study…
Economic downturn creates rough ride for IT spending
With the economy struggling and financial markets in a state of chaos, this is becoming a hard time to be an IT manager, Computerworld reports.…
Student lending faces a crisis
As the financial world waits for frozen credit markets to thaw, higher-education officials say college students will face unprecedented scrutiny from private lenders as the United States reels from its…
Bank limits fund access by colleges, inciting fears
In a move suggesting how the credit crisis could disrupt American higher education, Wachovia Bank has limited the access of nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held…