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Students

Just the Stats: Hikes in Tuition and Cuts to Pell Grants

Data released this week by The College Board’s Trends in Higher Education series, Education Pays 2013, Trends in Student Aid and Trends in College Pricing, reported that despite increases in college costs and decreases in financial support, investment in higher education pays off in the long run. Tuition is on the Rise. Each year colleges […]

October 23, 2013

Disabilties

Special Report: Recruitment and Retention in Higher Ed

Low participation and completion rates in STEM majors among underrepresented minorities; programs that are being developed to help the college experience of students with autism; a reevaluation of the IPEDS definition of graduates; and increased recruiting efforts to attract more women into business programs.

October 10, 2013

Students

Facts, Figures as Students Return to the Classroom

WASHINGTON — Schools and classrooms are spiffed up, maybe. New textbooks have been ordered, perhaps. Teachers are energized, hopefully. What’s certain is that millions of children in the United States are heading to school after the summer. Many are there for the first time, while others are in the final year of their formal education. […]

September 1, 2013

Students

As Price of College Rises, So Does Federal Aid

With college costs continuing to rise, more students are receiving federal financial aid, though state and institutional aid remains largely flat.

August 20, 2013

Students

Hispanic-Serving Institution Tally Increases 14.5 Percent

U.S. colleges and universities meeting the definition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions jumped from 311 schools in 2010-11 to 356 in 2011-12, according to recently published data.

June 3, 2013

Home

Federal Report Highlights College Graduate Employment, Student Loan Debt

In The Condition of Education 2013, the National Center for Education Statistics documents that nearly 30 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds are neither employed nor attend school.

May 22, 2013

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Panel Calls for More Government Transparency on Path to College

While there is an abundance of information on college-going available on the Internet, getting the right information to students remains a challenge.

April 24, 2013

Sports

Number of High School Students Taking College Courses Surges

Report from 2010-2011 school year shows a 67 percent increase from 2002-2003, the last time the National Center for Education Statistics counted.

March 18, 2013

Students

Wilberforce University Still in Turmoil

Following student protests and threats to withdraw en masse last fall, students say the university’s president has still not addressed their concerns directly.

February 12, 2013

Students

Private Nonprofit Schools Avoid Enrollment Slump

As overall enrollment has trended slightly downward for the first time since the mid-1990s, private nonprofit schools have remained steady in the face of the economic downturn.

October 23, 2012

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UTEP Digging Deeper Into Data to Get to Root of Course Failure

The university is working to make sure socioeconomic or family issues aren’t hindering academic achievement of its predominantly Hispanic student body.

October 22, 2012

Students

Before House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion Data

The federal government’s method of collecting college graduation rates is outdated and does not take into account the large number of nontraditional students now in higher education, witnesses told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.

September 20, 2012