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Students

Pell Institute Releases Research on DeVry

In an effort to distinguish itself within the embattled for-profit college sector, DeVry Inc. presented research that portrays the company as using effective student-centered practices for helping low-income students.

May 11, 2011

Home

Ochoa Hails Catalytic Impact of TRIO Programs on K-12 Level

The assistant secretary for postsecondary education highlighted the White House’s FY2012 budget, which includes $920 million for federal TRIO programs that represents a $67 million increase.

March 7, 2011

Latinx

Ed Secretary Duncan Defends $2B Increase in 2012 Education Budget

The higher education portion of the Obama FY2012 request includes a $67 million increase for TRIO programs for a total of $920 million; summer Pell grants would be cut.

March 1, 2011

African-American

House Budget Stirs Opposition Over Higher Education Cuts

Advocates have criticized legislation by the House of Representatives that would cut funding for minority-serving colleges and universities by $250 million this year while reducing the maximum Pell Grant by more than $800 for the neediest students.

March 1, 2011

Students

Obama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education Priorities

President Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.

February 14, 2011

African-American

Schools Step Up Efforts to Attract Adult Learners into College Programs

After traditional colleges and universities lost ground in the race to win back minority college dropouts, there is a push across academia to find innovative ways to recruit and retain adult learners.

November 1, 2010

Students

Students Should Know Grad School Options Well, McNair Advisers Told

Advisers in the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program learned last week they will need to impress upon their students the necessity for increased understanding of graduate school options.

March 29, 2010

Community Colleges

Adult Learners Key To U.S. Reclaiming College Completion Lead, Education Dept. Official Says

President Barack Obama’s goal to increase the number of two- or four-year degree holding Americans by 2020 will require significant investments in educating nontraditional-aged college students, a U.S. Education Department assistant secretary told TRIO program administrators Wednesday at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s annual seminar with Education Department officials.

March 24, 2010

Home

TRIO Leader Says Freeze Puts Programs at Risk

Advocates for federal TRIO college access and support programs are disappointed that, in actions from the $787 billion stimulus package to a multibillion-dollar college aid package, there was little or no discussion of TRIO.

March 23, 2010

Latinx

Minority-serving Institutions to Benefit from Education Department Budget Increase

Nearly three months into the federal fiscal year, Congress and President Barack Obama reached an agreement on a 2010 education spending bill that will increase funds for minority-serving institutions and student financial aid with the possibility of more gains ahead.

January 10, 2010

African-American

Documentarian Develops Curricula to Dispel HIV/AIDS Myths in Black Community

When Claudia Pryor’s cousin was diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s, she was the only family member willing to visit him. As a gay Black man, his family ostracized him.

December 2, 2009

Health

Kennedy Remembered as Social and Civil Rights Giant

Reflecting on the legacy left by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, President Barack Obama called the late Massachusetts legislator one of the “most accomplished Americans” in history and a man whose work in Congress helped give new opportunities to millions.

August 26, 2009