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Texas group launches scholarship exclusively for white males

March 1, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

The application for a $500 scholarship from the Former Majority Association for Equality looks pretty much like all the others out there. Well, except for this eligibility requirement:…

California headed for cuts for for-profit students

February 28, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

California's student aid commission said on Friday that aid funds going to students at for-profit schools should be slashed first when the state cuts its education budget, Reuters…

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Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants

February 16, 2011February 14, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama's budget plan would cut $100 billion from Pell Grants and other higher education programs over a decade through belt-tightening and use the savings to keep…

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Community colleges are uneasy as ax hangs over state aid for health benefits

February 11, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

The Legislature’s initial state budget proposals calling for the closing of four community colleges caught many lawmakers off guard. But what largely escaped their attention--the slashing of health…

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Feds reverse course on open education mandate

February 11, 2011February 9, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

The departments of Education and Labor have heeded calls from online education experts to change a mandate in a $2 billion grant program that opened last month, meaning…

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Obama to push for new ed-tech agency

February 9, 2011February 8, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

President Obama will request fiscal 2012 funding for an educational technology agency within the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that would bring resources and funding to schools and…

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Universities on the brink

February 3, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

The ever-increasing cost of education is not sustainable, reports Louis E. Lataif for Forbes.

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Cheaper student loans, but shortage of college grants likely in 2011 and 2012

February 1, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

According to U.S. News & World Report, although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before,…

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$2 billion that could change online education

February 1, 2011January 31, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

It wasn’t the $12 billion in community college funding that officials hoped for in 2010, but a $2 billion federal grant program unveiled in January could encourage two-year…

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Community Colleges: Where’s our $12 billion?

January 28, 2011 by Meris Stansbury

The Obama administration has touted community colleges as the one institution in higher education that can best adapt to the nation's economic realities and still deliver the education…

Texas group launches scholarship exclusively for white males

California headed for cuts for for-profit students

Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants

Community colleges are uneasy as ax hangs over state aid for health benefits

Feds reverse course on open education mandate

Obama to push for new ed-tech agency

Universities on the brink

Cheaper student loans, but shortage of college grants likely in 2011 and 2012

$2 billion that could change online education

Community Colleges: Where’s our $12 billion?

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

How Does Higher Education Procurement Work?

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