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La. senators refuse to make TOPS grads stay or repay
College students who receive tuition payments through the state’s TOPS program won’t face new residency or repayment requirements for their awards. State senators Thursday rejected a proposal that would have mandated TOPS students live in…
Will free college offer catch fire? N.Y. details raise doubts
Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.More Posts
20 colleges join California Guided Pathways Project
Twenty community colleges will participate in the California Guided Pathways Project, an effort to increase college completion that is modeled after the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Pathways Project. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
Tenn. House passes bill focused on free community college for adults
The Tennessee House on Thursday passed a bill to enable older adults without a college degree or certificate to attend community college free of charge. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…
Clinton lauds free N.Y. tuition plan as a progressive first
Hillary Clinton says the nation’s first free college tuition plan approved by New York state lawmakers can be a model for other states and can eventually pave the way for nationwide reforms that were championed…
After years of cuts, La. colleges threatened with more
Hammered by budget cuts over nearly a decade, Louisiana’s public colleges are staring down the threat of another round of slashing in a state with one of the least-educated populations in the country. Associated PressCopyright…
Funding roundup
In Kentucky, Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) met its youngest donor in school history. Eight-month-old Laila Rani Slone Varia joined her family to make a $15,101 donation to the East Kentucky Science Center…
New York makes tuition free, but students must stay after college
There’s a big string attached to New York’s free middle-class college tuition initiative: Students must stay in the state after graduation or else pay back the benefit. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…
New York to make state college tuition free for middle class
New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…