A better bridge
A new partnership between a Northern Virginia community college and a local university not only aims to increase graduation rates and help students save time and money, it also hopes to meet the workforce needs…
Government
Strong support for student aid
As Congress prepares to start working on next year’s funding bills, higher education advocates are encouraging lawmakers to preserve federal student aid programs, in particular Pell grants and student loans. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
Consolidations proposed in Connecticut
The president of the Connecticut State College and University (CSCU) system is recommending the consolidation of administrative personnel across the 17 colleges and universities and an operational consolidation at the 12 community colleges to help…
Immigrant tuition break gaining support in Tennessee
A push to offer in-state college tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally is picking up unlikely momentum from some Republicans in Tennessee, a deeply conservative state that voted overwhelmingly…
Home ownership and student loan debt
While home loans still account for the vast majority of Americans’ loan debt, student loans’ share of the total is growing, according to a new federal study. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…
GOP, Democrats push differing tuition proposals
In a role reversal, Democrats in the Washington state legislature want to halt tuition increases at the state’s colleges and universities, while Republicans are proposing modest increases of about 2 percent a year. GOP leaders…
An optimistic outlook for year-round Pell
Pell grants have been a fixture of federal financial aid since the 1970s, helping about 8 million low-income students attend college each year. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is now considering allowing students to use…
Student aid tool still down
The House and Senate education committees have asked U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to help students affected by the on-going outage of an IRS data retrieval tool designed to make the student aid application easier…
Washington uncertainty could impact N.Y. state budget
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says state leaders could delay high-profile budget ideas such as free college tuition for middle-class students because of uncertainty in Washington. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved….
Data colleges provide consumers are often alternative facts
When prospective students want to know how much money they’ll make if they major in a particular field at Montgomery College, it goes to great lengths to give them an answer. The Maryland community college…