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Native Americans

17 Tribal Colleges Win Grants

Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.

September 29, 2008

There Is Room for Improvement in Pell Grant Program, Report Says

The federal government can do more to help America’s poorest students finance college, says a new study by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), in collaboration with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

April 28, 2008

More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says

Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education.

April 15, 2008

More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says

Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education.

April 9, 2008

Wealthy Colleges Under Pressure To Use Endowments For Financial Aid

Although Congress has yet to approve any new rules on the topic, the debate on Capitol Hill about wealthy colleges and their endowments is prompting elite institutions to adopt friendlier policies toward lower-income students, a Washington, D.C., audience was told Friday.

February 2, 2008

Community Colleges

Delta Community College’s Push For New Campus Clears Major Hurdle in La.

BATON ROUGE, La.— Despite concerns about the financing arrangement, a state money panel — backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration — agreed Tuesday to the $45 million construction of a new community college campus in Monroe.

January 24, 2008

Bishop State Finance Director Terminated

MOBILE, Ala. The business manager at Bishop State Community College has been placed on administrative leave and is in the process of being terminated for various reasons, including failure to effectively manage her office.

October 25, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Shelton State finance chief placed on leave pending probe

TUSCALOOSA Ala. The head of Shelton State Community College’s finance office was placed on paid leave Monday pending a probe of financial operations by the office, school officials said.

October 1, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Meehan opens checkbook to reward staff, supporters

WASHINGTON Former Rep. Martin Meehan is the first to admit he’s tight with a buck.

July 22, 2007

Why young adults feel so entitled

Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, says it dawned on him last spring. The semester was ending, and as usual, students were making a pilgrimage to his office, asking for the extra points needed to lift their grades to A’s.

July 4, 2007

Minot, Wahpeton colleges get approval for repairs

BISMARCK N.D. Legislators have approved changes in the financing of repair projects at Minot State University and the North Dakota State College of Science.

June 27, 2007

Community Colleges

Voters Approve Sales Tax to Fund Courses at Arkansas College

ASHDOWN, Ark. Students can look forward to getting a start on a civil engineering degree at the Ashdown campus of Cossatot Community College now that Little River County voters have approved a sales tax to finance the program.

May 14, 2007

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