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Working To Learn, Learning to Work: Unlocking the Potential of New York's Adult College Students
Date CapturedTuesday August 14 2007, 7:36 AM
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) and the Center for an Urban Future (CUF) study, "Specific recommendations include: * Provide financial aid to part-time students in their first year. In 2006, the New York State Legislature took the first step towards assisting working adults by establishing a 'part-time TAP' program. However, New York should abolish the pointless requirement that students study full-time in the first year to qualify for part-time TAP. * Abolish discriminatory TAP benefits and income thresholds for unmarried childless adults, so that they can receive the same benefits at the same income thresholds as all other students. * Abolish all previous financial aid schedules and get rid of the 'don’t come back' rule, which ties students who leave college and return later to the income and benefit schedule in effect when they first entered college. Since schedules are improved every few years, older schedules are considerably less generous than current ones. * Create a remedial education financing program outside of TAP, so that students can enhance their opportunity for academic success while preserving TAP eligibility for creditworthy classes."
Adult student population shrinking
Date CapturedTuesday August 14 2007, 7:30 AM
Times Union reports, "The report takes an especially close look at the affordability of community colleges. Its findings: Costs at New York's community colleges are the sixth-highest in the nation and more than 50 percent above the national average. SUNY's community college tuition averaged $2,900 in 2004-05, with three campuses cracking $3,000. The national average is $2,272. Nearly half of New York's full-time adult community college students also work full time, compared with one-third in other states. The state covered only 31 percent of community college expenses in 2006."
Make college budget better
Date CapturedWednesday August 01 2007, 9:40 AM
Newsday opines, "The real question should be: Why does the county [Suffolk] continue to pay less than its fair share? The long-established division of effort is a third by the state, a third by the county, and a third by the students. Though the state has increased its share recently - it now stands at about 31 percent - the county is still several ticks under 30 percent, and the students are at more than 40 percent. The legislature must address that imbalance. It can start with the recommendations of its budget review office, which would do more for the college than Levy would."
TC3 tuition program helps
Date CapturedWednesday August 01 2007, 9:36 AM
Ithaca Journal opines, "Though there is an abundance of state and federal tuition assistance programs for returning veterans who want to seek an education, Tompkins County Community College has initiated a new financial aid program that addresses the difficulties veterans may face upon immediate return from duty. While the Department of Veterans Affairs offers veterans up to $1,000 per semester for full-time study and the federal Montgomery GI Bill provides educational benefits, TC3's program takes these ideas one step further. Beginning this fall, TC3's “Welcome Home” program allows the college to waive one semester of tuition for New York state residents returning from Iraq and Afghanistan combat zones. The program is especially beneficial because it allows veterans to immediately pursue an education upon return to the United States rather than waiting for the government to process their VA benefits or needing to compile income information for financial aid offices."
Large Student Lender Agrees to Code of Conduct, Settling New York Inquiry
Date CapturedFriday July 20 2007, 8:22 AM
NY Times reports, "The company signed a 'code of conduct' developed by Mr. Cuomo’s (New York State Attorney General) office that bars lenders from giving anything of value to a college or university in exchange for help marketing loans to students."
HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN
Date CapturedTuesday June 19 2007, 12:18 PM
The bill includes expanding the eligibility for the state’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), enhancing the tuition tax credit for families, establishing a student loan debt relief program, providing assistance to help our veterans afford college tuition and creating a math, science and engineering technology retention initiative for New York’s students.
Student Lending : Some Facts to Consider
Date CapturedFriday June 15 2007, 7:40 PM
IVY BIG I$ CUT DOWN: COLUMBIA LOAN AX
Date CapturedTuesday May 22 2007, 9:10 AM
NY Post Fred Dicker reports, "A source close to the probe said Charlow [top Columbia University student-aid officer], who did not return calls seeking comment, had made over $100,000 from the sale of stock in the company. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore announced the resignation of its 18-year director of student financial services, who received $65,000 in fees and tuition payments from Direct III."
Secretary Spellings on U.S. Education
Date CapturedThursday May 17 2007, 6:34 PM
All Things Considered, May 17, 2007 · Michele Norris talks with U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. Spellings has been on the defensive this month amidst an ongoing scandal about the student loan industry and accusations from Congress that her department has not provided sufficient oversight. Spellings has been highly focused on higher education during her tenure, and will talk with us about how she is responding to the recent investigation.
Leading Lady: Sallie Mae and the Origins of the Student Loan Controversy
Date CapturedWednesday May 16 2007, 7:52 AM
Education Sector Policy Analyst Erin Dillon explains how a small, government-sponsored program has evolved over four decades into a vast, aggressive, and highly lucrative industry. No company has been more ambitious than Sallie Mae, the industry's dominant player, and the story of Sallie Mae's rise from a government-regulated niche enterprise to a fully private, multi-billion-dollar corporation goes a long way toward explaining how and why the student loan industry has landed at the center of controversy today.
Spellings Rejects Criticism on Student Loan Scandal
Date CapturedFriday May 11 2007, 8:21 AM
NY Times reports, "In about three hours of testimony before the House education committee, Ms. Spellings portrayed her department’s oversight of federal lending programs as vigorous, but said that the world of private lending, which has become increasingly important as college costs have outstripped federal loan programs, was mostly beyond her regulatory authority. She told the panel that the entire student loan system needed overhaul, saying, 'The system is redundant, it’s byzantine and it’s broken.'”
Some Access to Student Finance Data Is Restored
Date CapturedThursday May 03 2007, 8:40 AM
NY Times reports, "The department outlined a series of new security procedures yesterday in a letter sent to 35 guarantors. To get into the database, guarantors will have to provide the names of employees who will be given access, along with certification that the company will comply with access rules."
N.C.A.A. Cracks Down on Prep Schools and Angers Some
Date CapturedTuesday May 01 2007, 8:52 AM
NY Times reports, "The N.C.A.A. quietly passed legislation last week to continue its fight against prep schools that require minimal academic study. In perhaps its most significant move to deter diploma mills, the N.C.A.A. will limit high school students to one core course that would count toward college eligibility after a student’s four-year high school graduation date. The decision will shut down a glaring N.C.A.A. loophole, one exploited by diploma mills: students avoided graduating high school to pad their grade point average in a fifth year. The N.C.A.A. also hopes the new policy will help eliminate schools that exist solely to qualify players for college scholarships."
HESC signs code of conduct for student loan guarantors
Date CapturedTuesday May 01 2007, 8:39 AM
News from New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (HESC) -- HESC, the state agency that helps people pay for college, "has always embraced the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct" during the agency's 33 years of guaranteeing student loans and administering the state's grants and scholarship program, said HESC President James C. Ross. "We are pleased to sign this code of conduct and reaffirm our commitment to transparency in all of our dealings with our customers -- students, families, lenders and college financial aid professionals," Ross added. Several lenders and colleges have signed the attorney general's code.
Bundy Aid cuts: Proposal should be rejected
Date CapturedTuesday May 01 2007, 7:56 AM
Ithaca Journal opines, "Cutting aid to all private colleges because some are larger and have more resources doesn't do justice to students who study at colleges in the state. Our Assemblywoman, Barbara Lifton, said it best in Saturday's article. While the Robin Hood philosophy behind Rivera's proposal makes sense in theory, students from all types of socioeconomic backgrounds study at private colleges in New York. Though there are no restrictions on how the aid is spent, Bundy Aid ultimately allows private schools to offer more financial aid to students who need it to attend college. Rivera's efforts would be better spent on trying to fine-tune the Bundy Aid system so that the money does ultimately reach students who need a lot of financial assistance to attend colleges."
Student loan sense
Date CapturedSunday April 29 2007, 9:07 AM
Times Union opines, "Now, here's a reassuring thought. New York, so often held up as an example of how state government shouldn't function, is on the verge of being the first state to impose urgently required restrictions on the $85 billion a year student loan industry. In fact, Congress has taken note and may soon consider federal legislation based on the New York model."
In U.S. Absence, States Take Lead in Student Loan Cases
Date CapturedTuesday April 24 2007, 9:04 AM
NY Times reports, "State attorneys general around the country are stepping up their scrutiny of college lending practices in the absence of federal enforcement action, following a pattern that experts say has prevailed in some other major consumer investigations in recent years. Yesterday the attorneys general of Illinois and Missouri announced that as a result of investigations into lending practices at three major universities in those states, the universities had agreed to adopt a code of conduct to guide their relations with student lenders. The code will be modeled on one developed by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, who has been looking into student loan practices for months and who said in an interview that similar investigative efforts were snowballing around the country."
When student lenders compete, New York wins
Date CapturedThursday April 19 2007, 9:06 AM
NY Daily News guest writer MICHAEL DANNENBERG, director of education policy for the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute based in Washington opines, "Banks could offer far cheaper federal loans to students. In fact, one small New York company called MyRichUncle currently offers federal loans at a rate that's a full percentage point lower than Sallie Mae's. For the typical federal student loan borrower with $20,000 in debt, that translates into roughly a $1,000 savings over the life of the loan. When MyRichUncle approached colleges to get on their preferred lender lists, it was rejected - because it didn't offer schools kickbacks, stock options, call centers or computer software like Sallie Mae's. It just had a cheaper product for students. You'd think that would be enough. It is in a real market."
'Marketplace' Report: Sallie Mae Buyout
Date CapturedMonday April 16 2007, 7:19 PM
NPR Day to Day reports, "The nation's largest student loan lender, has accepted a $25 billion takeover offer. The buyers are JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, together with two private equity firms. This puts Sallie Mae into private hands at a time of political scrutiny. Marketplace's John Dimsdale talks with Madeleine Brand about the state of student loans and the potential impact of the takeover."
Lenders Sought Edge Against U.S. In Student Loans
Date CapturedSaturday April 14 2007, 6:33 PM
NY Times reports, "In a fierce contest to control the student loan market, the nation’s banks and lenders have for years waged a successful campaign to limit a federal program that was intended to make borrowing less costly by having the government provide loans directly to students. The companies have offered money to universities to pull out of the federal direct loan program, which was championed by the Clinton administration. They went to court to keep the direct program from becoming more competitive. And they benefited from oversight so lax that the Education Department’s assistant inspector general in 2003 called for tightened regulation of lender dealings with universities."
Restore trust in student loans
Date CapturedFriday April 13 2007, 9:07 AM
Newsday opines, "New York's institutions should implement Cuomo's recommendation for a code of conduct to prevent future abuses. That would be a start to restoring some of the lost trust. "
Education Department official's disclosure raises questions about oversight
Date CapturedFriday April 13 2007, 8:40 AM
AP reports, "The student lending industry is already under scrutiny by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is investigating allegations of possible kickbacks to school officials for steering students to certain lenders. Cuomo's investigators say they have found numerous arrangements that benefited schools and lenders at the expense of students."
SLEAZIE MAE HIT FOR $2M IN LOAN OUTRAGE
Date CapturedThursday April 12 2007, 8:36 AM
NY Post reports, "The nation's largest student-loan provider will alter its business practices and pay $2 million into a fund to educate students and parents about the financial-aid industry, as part of a settlement announced yesterday in a widening probe of the student loan industry. SLM Corp., commonly known as Sallie Mae, also agreed to adopt a code of conduct created by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is heading the probe. Cuomo said the expanding investigation of the $85 billion student-loan industry has found numerous arrangements that benefited schools and lenders at the expense of students."
College Loan Scandal May Touch Many Schools
Date CapturedWednesday April 11 2007, 8:27 AM
NPR "All Things Considered" Larry Abramson reports, "In a developing student loan scandal, Johns Hopkins University has placed a financial aid official on leave after it was disclosed that she received fees from Student Loan Express, a company that has been accused of giving incentives to a number of financial aid officers around the country."
Schools for scandal
Date CapturedTuesday April 10 2007, 8:57 AM
NY Daily News opines, "Cuomo's probe of 100 colleges and six lending firms has exposed a slew of dirty business practices among private lenders, a largely unregulated industry that affects 90% of U.S. college students and did $85 billion in business last year alone. Schools get bonuses from private lenders when their students take out loans; the bigger the loan, the bigger the payoff. They get even more if they put the companies on preferred-lender lists. College administrators get gifts and trips. The companies even staff university financial aid call centers, passing themselves off as school administrators giving students unbiased advice."
Probe Targets College Financial Aid Kickbacks
Date CapturedFriday April 06 2007, 11:10 AM
All Things Considered Nancy Solomon reports, "High-ranking financial aid officers at three major universities owned stock in a loan company they recommended as a 'preferred lender,' according to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo."
College officials owned stock in preferred lenders
Date CapturedWednesday April 04 2007, 4:02 PM
AP reports, "Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is investigating stock grants from student loan companies to financial aid officers at three major universities as part of a widening investigation into the $85 billion student loan industry. Cuomo's office on Wednesday sent a subpoena to Columbia University and sent letters to the University of Southern California and the University of Texas seeking information about financial aid officers ownership of stock in a loan company that appears on each school's list of preferred lenders. Securities and Exchange Commission records for Education Lending Group Inc. show officials at the three schools in September 2003 owned at least 1,500 shares each of the company. Education Lending Group's subsidiary, Student Loan Xpress, is listed as a preferred lender at each school."
Schools adopt code for student lending
Date CapturedTuesday April 03 2007, 9:49 AM
Times Union reports, "The schools -- all 29 four-year State University of New York campuses, including University at Albany, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, St. John's University, Syracuse University, Fordham University, St. Lawrence University and Long Island University -- agreed to the code as part of settlements of the nationwide probe by Cuomo's office into student lending. None of the schools admitted any wrongdoing. Cuomo's investigation found that many colleges established questionable 'preferred lender' lists, and entered into revenue sharing and other financial arrangements with those lenders."
New York to Take Legal Action Over Steering of Students to Lender
Date CapturedFriday March 23 2007, 8:55 AM
NY Times reports, "Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, announced yesterday that he planned to bring a civil lawsuit against a student lending company for deceptive business practices, accusing it of paying colleges and universities to steer borrowers toward its loans."
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS
Date CapturedFriday March 16 2007, 9:05 AM
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) agrees with New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that preferred lender list abuses and real conflicts of interest must end. We agree that greater transparency is needed. In fact, two years ago NASFAA published a document for use by aid administrators in developing a preferred lender list using criteria of "good practices" in choosing among lenders.
Lenders Pay Universities to Influence Loan Choice
Date CapturedFriday March 16 2007, 9:01 AM
NY Times reports, "Dozens of colleges and universities across the country have accepted a variety of financial incentives from student loan companies to steer student business their way, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced yesterday. The deals include cash payments based on loan volume, donations of computers, expense-paid trips to resorts for financial aid officers and even running call centers on behalf of colleges to field students’ questions about financial aid."
Cuomo details corruption in student loan industry
Date CapturedThursday March 15 2007, 10:43 PM
AP Mark Johnson reports, "Colleges across the country are taking kickbacks from student loan companies and reaping other benefits while making it harder for students to get better deals on their loans, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Thursday. Cuomo said an investigation he began last month into the $85 billion student loan industry found numerous arrangements made to benefit schools and lenders over the students. Cuomo said he notified more than 400 colleges and universities nationwide, including all in New York State, to end such deceptive practices. Cuomo said he is actively investigating at least 100 schools. Cuomo would not divulge which schools were being investigated, but they include some Ivy League institutions."
SUNY students lobby for more funding, faculty
Date CapturedFriday March 02 2007, 8:18 PM
Legislative Gazette reports, "In his Executive Budget, Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed SUNY receive $143 million to sustain the growing university system, but according to [SUNY Chancellor]Ryan, the university is in need of much more money. Ryan requested an additional $120.6 million to fund more programs, hire more full-time faculty and to funnel funding into community colleges. New York’s higher education system was given the highest starting ground in two decades and, according to Ryan, this unique opportunity may help the university to receive desperately needed additional funding."
No tuition break for Utah migrants, most say
Date CapturedSaturday January 13 2007, 10:11 AM
The Salt Lake Tribune reports, "Sizer, the chairman of Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement (UFIRE), is strongly supporting a bill in this year's Legislature that would repeal a state law allowing undocumented students who graduate from a Utah high school to pay in-state tuition at the state's nine institutions of higher education."
House Democrats Propose Cut in Student Loan Rates
Date CapturedSaturday January 13 2007, 6:46 AM
NY Times reports, "According to the Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit group, the bill would save a student who graduates from college with $20,000 in debt about $4,000 over the 10-year life of a loan. Under the program of subsidized Stafford loans, the government guarantees lenders a rate of return that can be higher than the interest rate paid by the student. In trying to finance their proposal, House Democrats decided that for the largest lenders, the bill would lower that rate by 0.1 percentage point. It would also raise fees that lenders pay to the government, and cut payments that lenders receive if a student defaults. While applauded by student advocacy groups, the bill drew immediate criticism from the student loan industry, which complained that it had already absorbed $12 billion in reduced payments from the government as part of a larger, Republican-led deficit reduction effort last year."
Tuition for illegal migrants vexing U of Arizona and community college
Date CapturedThursday January 11 2007, 8:35 AM
Tucson Citizen reports, "The [Arizona] state's public colleges and universities are trying to determine how they will identify and charge illegal immigrant students out-of-state tuition as required by a proposition approved by voters in November. The schools may have asked for the residency status of their students in the past, but institutions have not verified that information themselves. Under Proposition 300, it appears they must."
NYSUT urges legislators to increase operating aid to public higher education
Date CapturedWednesday January 10 2007, 3:07 PM
New York State United Teachers today urged the Assembly to continue to invest in the State University and City University systems, saying that boosting operating aid to four-year campuses should be a top priority in next year's budget.
IRS Gearing Up to Process Tax Breaks
Date CapturedTuesday January 09 2007, 11:05 AM
AP reports, "The higher-education deduction allows taxpayers to deduct up to $4,000 of tuition and fees, while the educator expense adjustment provides deductions of up to $250."
Education Account Bill to Make American Workers More Competitive Introduced
Date CapturedTuesday January 09 2007, 6:19 AM
PRNewswire-USNewswire reports, "Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs) are employer-matched, portable, individual savings accounts used to finance education and training - - similar to a 401(k), but used for skill building and career advancement."
Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2005 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2004-05
Date CapturedWednesday December 27 2006, 10:37 AM
This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2005 data collection, which included two survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2005-06 academic year, and Completions covering the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system. Knapp, L.G., Kelly-Reid, J.E., Whitmore, R.W., and Miller, E. (2006). Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2005 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2004-05 (NCES 2007-167). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 27, 2006 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.
Colleges say ethics rules are costing them donations
Date CapturedTuesday December 26 2006, 7:09 PM
Newsday reports, "State universities say an interpretation of a new ethics law is costing them millions of dollars in corporate donations for scholarships and research. The law is designed to stop contracting abuses by preventing contractors from using gifts to buy access and influence. It prohibits state agencies, including state universities, from accepting gifts and donations from some Connecticut companies and lobbyists."
Seeking $1 Million a Day, N.Y.U. Mines Personal Data for a Fund-Raising Edge
Date CapturedMonday December 25 2006, 3:28 AM
NY Times reports, "The research process starts in N.Y.U.’s development office, a warren of cubicles where a full-time staff of 98 people and 38 interns scour for 'prospects.' The yearly budget for the fund-raising enterprise is $26 million. Each day, Lekha Menon, the director of prospect management and research at N.Y.U., and four staff members pore over more than a dozen newspapers and electronic news and data sources, looking for names of alumni, parents of alumni or parents of students. They also look for notable donations to other causes, promotions, appointments to corporate boards and records of securities transactions."
Big ideas for schools
Date CapturedSaturday December 23 2006, 9:53 AM
Dallas Morning News opines on "Tough Choices, Tough Times", " For instance, the suggestion to start children in school at age 3 could help big-city teachers, such as those in Dallas, get students learning at grade level by early elementary years. It's also worth discussing the proposal to create personal savings accounts modeled on the GI bill. The feds would kick in $500 when a child is born and lesser amounts until a child reaches 16. Individuals and employers alike could contribute so workers could use the accounts to get the continual training they will need to stay abreast of a fast-changing economy. The costs need fleshing out, but Congress should hear more about this proposal."
Michigan Gov. Granholm signs pledges of students who say they'll go to college
Date CapturedTuesday December 19 2006, 4:43 PM
AP reports, "Under the Michigan Promise, students who do well on statewide standardized tests will get $1,000 at the beginning of their freshman year and another $1,000 at the beginning of their sophomore year. Once they successfully complete two years of college or training, they will get $2,000 more. Students who didn't get the money up front will be able to tap the entire $4,000 after two years. Students must maintain a 2.5 grade point average to earn the money."
More higher ed 'accountability' could mean more Perry vetoes
Date CapturedMonday December 18 2006, 7:32 AM
San Antonio Express reports, "Perry [Texas Gov.] spokesman Robert Black said the governor will offer a number of other higher education initiatives, maybe even 'incentive funding' for universities or an 'exit test' for some university graduates as a means of measuring the quality of their educations. Details will come later, he said. Black said Perry also will support efforts to repeal or restrict the top 10 percent law, which guarantees the highest-ranked high school graduates admission to the state university of their choice but is excluding thousands of other qualified students from the University of Texas at Austin."
Can-do in Kalamazoo
Date CapturedMonday December 18 2006, 5:21 AM
LA Times writes, "A year ago, the Michigan town's schools were like those in many other Rust Belt cities, with declining enrollment, low test scores and a high dropout rate. Then anonymous donors announced the Kalamazoo Promise: a four-year scholarship to any of Michigan's public universities or colleges for local public school graduates. The amount of the scholarship is prorated depending on how long the student has lived in the district, but it amounts to at least 65% of tuition."
Georgia illegals to lose in-state tuition
Date CapturedSaturday December 16 2006, 9:32 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, "High-achieving students who grew up in Georgia but are in the country illegally soon won't qualify for in-state tuition on state campuses. Burns Newsome, an associate vice chancellor who acts as the Board of Regents' attorney, has advised the presidents of Georgia's public universities to stop granting so-called tuition "waivers" to students who may have high grades but lack legal resident status. That means such students will have to pay the much higher out-of-state tuition rate. The change is necessary, Newsome says, to comply with SB 529, considered one of the nation's most aggressive attempts to confront illegal immigration at the state level. Signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue in April, the measure orders state agencies and institutions to make sure they are in compliance with all federal immigration laws by July."
Families get tuition help
Date CapturedWednesday December 13 2006, 10:05 AM
Buffalo News opines, "College educations deserve governmental help, to keep them affordable for as wide an economic range of families and students as possible. That's not only fair for an equal-rights democracy and a boost for individual achievement, it's in the national interest in a global marketplace. Schumer deserves credit for this victory, but he and others in Congress still need to make sure this assistance doesn't come close to lapsing again."
A high school student's best kept secret
Date CapturedSunday December 10 2006, 9:37 AM
Douglas Daily Dispatch contributor Mike Rohrbach, chairman of Cochise County Learning Advisory Council [CCLAC] writes, "Most parents, and therefore most students do not realize that while they are in High School, they can take these [Career Technical Education] CTE classes at a Cochise College campus. Yes, high school students are eligible to take college CTE classes while they are still in high school. Not only that. By taking these classes through what is known as the COMPACT program, they can earn high school credits while also building college or certificate credits. As if that were not exciting enough, the College subsidizes 50% of the tuition for these vocational courses."
America's indentured graduates
Date CapturedWednesday December 06 2006, 7:38 AM
Christian Science Monitor opines, "Should college, so necessary in today's economy, become as freely available as K-12?"
Colin Powell helps City College
Date CapturedWednesday December 06 2006, 5:05 AM
NY Daily News reports, "The endowment will provide permanent funding for 21 scholarships and eight paid summer internships every year for poor and underserved students to work at the Powell think tank at the Harlem campus of City College."
Bricks or Professors? A University’s Choice
Date CapturedWednesday December 06 2006, 3:55 AM
NY Times contributor Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University writes, "After T. K. Wetherell was appointed president of Florida State in early 2003, and as the building costs escalated, the university decided to drop the endowed positions and to construct a more general kind of chemistry center. So Professor Holton sued in state circuit court to get his money back. This fall, a judge ordered Florida State to return $11 million plus interest — $13.5 million in all — to the professor’s foundation, while permitting the university to keep and spend the $18.5 million from the professor’s lab account however it wishes."
College offers a $pecial present
Date CapturedTuesday December 05 2006, 10:04 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer reports, "Want an idea for an unusual Christmas gift? Community College of Philadelphia has one. It's selling gift certificates that can be used to help pay tuition and fees at the school. The amount of the certificate is chosen by the purchaser."
Secretary Spellings Delivered Remarks at Federal Student Aid Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
Date CapturedThursday November 30 2006, 9:17 AM
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today delivered remarks to some 3300 participants attending the 2006 Federal Student Aid (FSA) conference in Las Vegas. Attendees included financial aid officers and other officials of more than 2000 colleges and postsecondary institutions, as well as representatives of the lending industry, guaranty agencies, non-profit organizations, higher education associations, and software developers. Spellings says, "But more must be done to simplify student access to aid, to notify students of eligibility early, to target resources to the neediest students, and to minimize the risk of tuition inflation. As policymakers and legislators begin to look at this issue, we must make sure that we're offering long-term solutions that fix the system's underlying problems... without ultimately increasing the cost of higher education."
Donors and Princeton clash over donation
Date CapturedTuesday November 28 2006, 7:01 AM
AP reports, "Relatives of Charles S. and Marie Robertson said the couple wanted their gift to be spent solely to educate graduate students for careers in government, especially as diplomats for the United States. But the family now says the university has not churned out many diplomats and large portions of the gift -- now worth more than $750 million -- have been used for other purposes. The family wants to take the money back so it can give it to a school that will carry out its mission."
Renew college tax break: As tuition costs climb, middle-class families need relief
Date CapturedSunday November 26 2006, 9:03 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle opined, "Sen. Charles Schumer, who sponsored this tax deduction for college students' families, is right to say that legislators shouldn't stop there. He is calling on the federal government to increase the amount of tuition that parents can deduct from their taxes and to allow recent college graduates to deduct the interest paid on student loans for the first five years of repayment. This would help students who are starting their working lives with record debt."
Public Colleges as ‘Engines of Inequality’
Date CapturedThursday November 23 2006, 3:22 AM
NY Times opined, "The obvious first step would be to boost the value of the federal Pell Grant program — a critical tool in keeping college affordable that the federal government has shamefully ceased to fund at a level that meets the national need. But larger Pell Grants can’t solve this crisis alone. Policy changes will also be required in the states, where public universities have been choking off college access and upward mobility for the poor by shifting away from the traditional need-based aid formula to a so-called merit formula that heavily favors affluent students. The resulting drop in the fortunes of even high-performing low-income students — many of whom no longer attend college at all — is documented in an eye-opening report released recently by the Education Trust, a nonpartisan foundation devoted to education reform."
SUNY submits $5.9B budget
Date CapturedWednesday November 22 2006, 4:59 AM
Times Union reports, "It includes money for 133 new faculty and new initiatives, such as an online program that tracks student progress, redesigning introductory courses to make them more engaging for students and a salary boost for graduate students."
Democrats Seek to Boost Aid for College Students
Date CapturedMonday November 20 2006, 1:25 PM
NPR Larry Abramson reports, "House Democrats have signaled that reducing interest rates on student loans is on the top of their domestic to-do list. And it's also likely that they'll push hard for increases in the Pell Grant program that aids college students from poor families. The proposals come as the amount of debt college students carry continues to grow."
Funding is key to education reform
Date CapturedSunday November 19 2006, 3:35 AM
The Seattle Times reports, "Here is what lies in the future for our schools and our children if we enact even a portion of the panel's ideas: • State funding for all-day kindergarten, thus eliminating tuition-based classes and the piecemeal offerings that vary from school to school. • Expanded professional development and a pay scale based on merit. • More-rigorous high-school course requirements targeting the gaping weaknesses in math and science curricula. • A 10-year plan for expected increases in enrollment at colleges and universities. And those very things are what our schools and children won't receive if a long-term, stable source of funding isn't developed."
SUNY chief cites plans to improve
Date CapturedSaturday November 18 2006, 3:37 PM
Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "Ryan plans to hire more full-time faculty, instead of relying so heavily on part-time and adjunct instructors. In the 2005-06 school year, 62.2 percent of SUNY faculty were full time. Keeping schools affordable and accessible is key, he said. Ryan wants to establish a 'rational tuition' policy, something where tuition prices could be increased gradually, but rates locked in over students' four years of college."
California law makes community college more affordable
Date CapturedMonday November 13 2006, 8:12 AM
The Lompoc Record reports, "A recent law has reduced enrollment fees at California community college campuses from $26 a unit to $20, beginning Jan. 1. The nearly 25 percent drop in tuition fees will affect 11,000 students at Hancock College and more than 2 million students statewide, said Rebecca Alarcio, Hancock spokeswoman."
Growing a City, From the Roots Up
Date CapturedMonday November 13 2006, 3:37 AM
NY Times reports, "Nowhere else in Michigan, and perhaps in the rest of the country, has that goal materialized as fast as it has in this postindustrial city, where a group of anonymous donors established a fund that pays up to 100 percent of tuition and fees at any state college or university for graduates of Kalamazoo’s three public high schools. It is called the Kalamazoo Promise, and came into fruition just a year ago. In the graduating class of 2006, the first to qualify for the program, 400 students were eligible. About 90 percent of those took the offer."
Big Givers Turn to Poorly Financed Community Colleges
Date CapturedMonday November 13 2006, 3:36 AM
NY Times reports on financial grants to community colleges, "That interest is reflected in the decision a few years ago by a group of foundations — including Ford, the James Irvine Foundation, Lumina and the Heinz Endowments — to start meeting to learn more about community colleges."
Secretary Spellings Delivered Remarks at National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Symposium on Student Success in Washington, D.C.
Date CapturedFriday November 03 2006, 12:36 PM
PRESS RELEASE: You can find plenty of rankings and college guides, but you're out of luck if you want to find an answer to the question that matters most: How much are students learning? A recent report showed that instead of gauging student success, the most popular college rankings are "almost entirely a function of three factors: fame, wealth, and exclusivity." That's certainly of little or no help to the 2 million lower income students who will not be able to attend college this year because they can't afford it... or to millions more who are discouraged by skyrocketing sticker prices that often don't reflect the actual cost of attendance. The lack of data also hurts institutions.
Air Force grants Binghamton U professor $300K
Date CapturedThursday November 02 2006, 6:21 AM
Press & Sun-Bulletin reports, "Craver [professor] plans to use the Air Force funding to develop an automated process to break digital watermarks, in which information is secretly embedded in a file. Watermarks can be used to provide proof of ownership or as copy protection devices. Craver's research will be relevant to any security system that relies on a detection algorithm, including face-recognition and thumbprint recognition systems, university officials said."
Proposal 5: Investing in future, or bankrupting Michigan?
Date CapturedSunday October 29 2006, 7:31 AM
AP reports, "Supporters of a ballot measure that would establish mandatory school funding levels say it would force the state to adequately fund education, which would create a better-educated work force and provide a boost to Michigan's ailing economy. Opponents of Proposal 5 say it would mostly benefit retiring teachers by shoring up pensions while softening incentives to improve pupil performance and siphoning off funding for other state services."
College aid is up, but tuitions are, too
Date CapturedWednesday October 25 2006, 7:14 AM
USA TODAY reports, "Published tuition and fee increases continued to slow, the report [College Board] says: •Public four-year university prices for in-state students rose 6.3%, to $5,836, vs. 7.1% last year, after two years of double-digit increases. •Private four-year university prices were up 5.9%, the same rate of increase as last year, to $22,218. •Public two-year college prices rose 4.1%, to $2,272, down from the 5.4% increase last year."
How to Earn a Degree Without Going Broke
Date CapturedWednesday October 25 2006, 7:04 AM
NPR Marc Silver reports, "A college degree could cost almost ten times as much as it did 30 years ago."
College Cheer for N.Y.: LOWER TUITION HIKES THAN U.S. AVERAGE
Date CapturedWednesday October 25 2006, 4:59 AM
NY Post David Andreatta writes, "College students and their parents can take one consolation in rising tuition costs - they're going up at a slower pace at New York public colleges than they are nationally."
2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04): Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 12 States: 2003–04
Date CapturedTuesday October 24 2006, 2:28 PM
In addition to providing national estimates, the NPSAS:04 survey was designed to provide representative samples of undergraduates in public 2-year, public 4-year, and private not-for-profit 4-year institutions in 12 states: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Tennessee. Prior NPSAS studies have not been representative at the state level. For the in-state undergraduates in each of these 12 selected states, the tables in this E.D. TAB show the average tuition and fees and total price of attendance, the percentages of undergraduates receiving various types of financial aid and the average amounts received, the average net price of attendance after financial aid, average financial need and remaining need after financial aid, cumulative student loan amounts, earnings from work while enrolled, and other aspects of financing an undergraduate education. Berkner, L., and Wei, C.C. (2006). 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04): Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 12 States: 2003–04 (NCES 2006-158). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 24, 2006 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch.
New welfare requirement hard on single-parent college students
Date CapturedSunday October 22 2006, 6:04 PM
AP reports, "A new federal rule that limits welfare payments to single parents in college could hurt their efforts to get out of poverty, advocates say. The change requires them to work 20 to 30 hours a week in addition to their studies to qualify for payments. Previously, parents in college had been allowed to count 10 hours a week of classes toward the work requirement and also had to work at least 10 hours a week at a job. College officials and advocates said the result is that some students might be forced to drop out or be discouraged from enrolling."
Early Admissions Aren't the Problem
Date CapturedThursday October 05 2006, 7:07 AM
Washington Post Op-Ed contributor Amy Gutmann, president of U of Pennsylvania writes, "To end or not to end early admissions: That is the question that colleges and universities are debating once again. The passion is great, but the stakes are small and the debate is a distraction from a far more important matter: the urgent need of all but a handful of colleges and universities to improve financial aid for students from low-income and middle-income families."
Let's Really Throw Open Doors to Higher Education
Date CapturedFriday September 29 2006, 8:39 AM
The Houston Chronicle Op-Ed contributor Margaret Spellings, a former Houstonian and U.S. secretary of education writes, "Higher education is a public as well as a private good. Parents, students and taxpayers pick up the vast majority of the tab for higher education. Over the years, we've invested tens of billions of dollars and just hoped for the best. It's time to ask what we are getting for our money."
Experts: Education plan likely won't fly
Date CapturedTuesday September 26 2006, 8:18 AM
The Houston Chronicle reports on the Commission of the Future of Higher Education's 62 page report, "The commission did not recommend mandatory testing, but encouraged institutions to measure learning and make the results available to students and tuition-paying parents."
New York community college tuition up statewide
Date CapturedWednesday September 20 2006, 9:02 AM
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "Tuition at 27 of 30 community colleges in the state went up an average of 2.3 percent this year, despite a 7.5 percent increase in state operating aid and 6.9 percent hike in local funding, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the State University of New York. At the same time, the percentage of the total education cost students pay decreased from an average of 39.2 percent last year to 38.1 percent, the report said. The state raised its contribution $175 this year to $2,525 per student."
Columbia Alters Financial Aid for Low-Income Students
Date CapturedTuesday September 19 2006, 7:16 PM
NY Times KAREN W. ARENSON reports, "Columbia officials said that even though the campus already has the most socio-economically diverse student body in the Ivy League, the move to replace loans with grants for low-income students will enhance that diversity further."
Highlights of the Final Report of the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education: A Test of Leadership-Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education
Date CapturedTuesday September 19 2006, 5:24 PM
U.S. Department of Education press release: "Secretary Spellings formed the Commission on the Future of Higher Education to launch a national dialogue on the need to strengthen higher education so that our students and our nation will remain competitive in the 21st century. As a college diploma becomes more critical, higher education must be accessible to all Americans and meet the needs of America's diverse and changing student population. The Commission found that: College access, particularly for low-income and minority students, is limited by inadequate academic preparation, a lack of information and persistent financial barriers; The current financial aid system is confusing, complex and inefficient, and is therefore frequently unable to direct aid to the students who need it most; and There is a shortage of clear, comprehensive, and accessible information about the colleges and universities themselves, including comparative data about cost and performance."
Killing Off the American Future
Date CapturedSunday September 17 2006, 9:52 AM
NY Times opined, "Unless America renews its commitment to the higher education policies that made the country great, we could soon find ourselves at the mercy of an increasingly competitive global economy. And if we let ourselves hit bottom, it could take generations for us to dig ourselves out."
States give tax breaks to college savers
Date CapturedThursday September 14 2006, 8:50 AM
USA TODAY reports, "The 529 plans — named for a section of the federal tax code — have gained popularity by allowing parents and grandparents to put away money for college and pay no federal tax on withdrawals if the money goes for tuition and books. In many cases, the money can be used for any college or university, not just a school in the state that sponsors the 529."
A plan to inspire achievement
Date CapturedWednesday September 13 2006, 3:35 PM
Daily Herald reports on Utah Scholars program, "The goal is to encourage students to take more rigorous academic courses in high school. Students who succeed in the program will be designated Utah Scholars at graduation -- a title that will be noted on transcripts and which will help them qualify for higher levels of college financial aid."
Why don't we really make education a top priority?
Date CapturedTuesday September 12 2006, 11:33 PM
Editorial Board of the Union-Bulletin opined, "Poll after poll has told us that the people of Washington state (and, frankly, every other state) put quality education atop their priority list for government. If so, why has higher education - a key segment of a quality education - become so expensive that a great many working, middle-class parents can no longer afford to send their kids to college."
States Direct New State Money into Education
Date CapturedTuesday September 12 2006, 10:36 AM
NPR reports, "After years of lean budgets, money is flowing into many state treasuries."
Fordham Graduate School of Education Nets $4.5 Million in Grants
Date CapturedSunday September 10 2006, 10:47 AM
The New York State Education Department has awarded Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education $4.5 million in contracts for two Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Centers (BETACs) to serve more than 51,300 students in grades K-12 in the Bronx and Lower Hudson Valley. The highly competitive awards each total $2.25 million over a five-year period. BETACs were established by the New York State Education Department to assist districts and schools in developing high quality educational programs to help English Language Learners (ELL) or Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students meet New York state’s learning standards.
Cost of college too high?
Date CapturedThursday September 07 2006, 5:13 AM
Times Union reports, "Tuition at community colleges is particularly high, noted Finney. Last year, community college tuition averaged $2,800 in New York, compared with $300 in California and just over $1,000 in Washington state."
Report Finds U.S. Students Lagging in Finishing College
Date CapturedThursday September 07 2006, 3:35 AM
NY Times reports, "The report 'badly miscalculates New York’s TAP program and inaccurately portrays higher education in New York as unaffordable,’' said John R. Ryan, the SUNY chancellor. 'Nothing could be further from the truth.'”
College tax credit aids rich most, feds say
Date CapturedFriday August 25 2006, 8:14 AM
AP reports, "College tuition tax credits are benefiting wealthier U.S. taxpayers more than the poorest, according to a federal study of the nine-year-old program." Read report on Education New York Online, Education Policy page, Higher Education link on right sidebar.
Dutchess Community College secures federal funding for aviation curriculum
Date CapturedFriday August 25 2006, 8:05 AM
Mid-Hudson News reports, "Sweeney [Congressman] said that he understands the impact community colleges have on the region, the state, and the nation, and that their contribution to education cannot go unnoticed."
Education Department working to fix web site glitch after data breach
Date CapturedWednesday August 23 2006, 9:54 PM
AP reports, "The Web site program includes names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and in some cases account information for holders of federal direct student loans. It does not involve those who have loans managed through private companies."
Student Financing of Undergraduate Education: 2003–04 With a Special Analysis of the Net Price of Attendance and Federal Education Tax Benefits Statistical Analysis Report
Date CapturedWednesday August 23 2006, 3:35 PM
This NCES report provides detailed information about undergraduate tuition and total price of attendance at various types of institutions, the percentage of students receiving various types of financial aid, and the average amounts that they received. Berkner, L., and Wei, C.C. (2006). Student Financing of Undergraduate Education: 2003–04, With a Special Analysis of the Net Price of Attendance and Federal Education Tax Benefits (NCES 2006-186). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
College costs rise in region
Date CapturedMonday August 21 2006, 8:10 AM
The Daily Freeman reports on higher education in the Hudson Valley, "From fuel to food, prices are rising and the cost of a higher education in the Hudson Valley is no exception."
CUNY'S CLASSY TACT-IC TO TEACH GRACES
Date CapturedMonday August 21 2006, 7:41 AM
NY Post education writer David Andreatta reports, "Believing that the curriculum at the esteemed City University of New York business school is second to none, college officials said the new program focuses on refining students in the social graces inborn to country-club kids attending pricey universities. Workshops on dining etiquette, accent reduction, global affairs and presentation skills are on the agenda. There is also talk of offering students golf lessons to prep them for the inevitable day when they will entertain fat cats on the links."
OL' COLLEGE PRY: POL PROBES SCHOOL PORK
Date CapturedMonday August 21 2006, 7:19 AM
NY Post correspondent GEOFF EARLE reports, "A powerful U.S. senator is demanding five New York colleges justify millions in federal pork-barrel funds sent to their campuses and reveal whether they've hired political muscle to get more taxpayer money. Among the schools getting a letter from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are New York University, the State University of New York and Columbia University." Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Charles Schumer boasted last year about getting funds for Cornell University's Center for Grape Genetics.
Performance-Based Funding in Adult Education: Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
Date CapturedSunday August 20 2006, 3:33 PM
By Steven G. Klein, MPR Associates. "...this review draws on the higher education literature to explore the rationale for introducing these systems, processes used to design and implement allocation formulas, and lessons learned over time. It also summarizes how performance-based funding systems are applied in adult education and, where appropriate, provides examples of state systems to illustrate the mechanics of formula operation."
California higher education migrant program gets first grad
Date CapturedSaturday August 19 2006, 7:50 PM
The Ukiah Daily Journal reports, "The College Assistant Migrant Program, or CAMP, is a college grant program funded by tax dollars that helps enable students who come from a migrant or seasonal farm-working background, to successfully complete their first year of college and then continue to enroll and complete each academic year after that. This program helps to provide students with financial assistance and support services, with the goal in mind of preparing them to continue their education at a four-year college or university."
Rising college fees will cost us in time
Date CapturedFriday August 18 2006, 12:07 PM
USA Today commentary by Julianne Malveaux, economist and author, "Education is supposed to be an equalizer. But with costs rising, students are trading down dreams of an Ivy League education for one at a state university, and from a state university to one at a community college. While all education will bear fruit, we are creating a bifurcated system in which the best education will go to those who can pay for it. Students of color and those of modest means will most likely be the ones left behind."
Idaho must consider key issues for community college system
Date CapturedFriday August 18 2006, 10:15 AM
Idaho Stateman Op-Ed contributors Gary Michael and Kevin Learned, co-chairs of the Higher Education Committee of the Idaho Business Coalition for Educational Excellence, an organization of nearly 70 top business leaders from across Idaho opined, "The Idaho Legislature has appointed an Interim Committee on Community Colleges "to analyze postsecondary education in Idaho and to make recommendations to the next Legislature." The Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence (IBCEE), an organization of current and retired CEO's from throughout Idaho, applauds this effort and looks forward to the committee's recommendations. In our view, a community college network will greatly benefit many post high school students and, ultimately, Idaho employers who depend on a sustained, diverse and well-trained work force."
Tax break on school expenses
Date CapturedThursday August 17 2006, 8:37 AM
The NY Daily News reports, "Unlike the similar 529 college savings account, the money in your Coverdell is not limited to spending on higher education; you can use it for tuition to any K-12 private school. Other educational expenses such as books, supplies, transportation, tutoring and even computers and Internet service also qualify."
Oklahoma senator asks University of Rochester: Retrace funding
Date CapturedMonday August 14 2006, 8:15 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "A U.S. senator [Tom Coburn] is demanding that University of Rochester and dozens of other top research universities across the country explain where federal funds earmarked for research went."
Security Through Education
Date CapturedMonday August 14 2006, 7:55 AM
Washington Post contributor William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland opined on school reform, "The best way to achieve such transformational changes is through so-called statewide K-16 councils, which bring educational leaders from all levels -- superintendents, principals, university presidents, deans -- together with business and community leaders on a regular basis to develop reform agendas. Such an approach is working in Maryland and a few other states. As a second means of plugging the holes, state governments and higher education need to rethink the way they distribute financial aid."
Commission on the Future of Higher Education Report Urges Higher Education Shake-Up
Date CapturedFriday August 11 2006, 12:29 AM
NY Times reports on concerns of some commission members, "Another council member, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which represents 900 private institutions including liberal arts colleges, major research universities and church- and other faith-related colleges, attacked the recommendation to develop a national database to follow individual students’ progress as a way of holding colleges accountable for students’ success. The association called the proposal a dangerous intrusion on privacy, saying, 'Our members find this idea chilling.'”
Commission on the Future of Higher Education report gets OK
Date CapturedThursday August 10 2006, 7:21 PM
AP education writer Justin Pope reports on recommendations of the 19-member higher education commission created by Secretary Spelling, "The report, which will be delivered to Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in final form next month, recommends that the federal government consolidate its more than 20 financial aid programs and ensure that Pell Grants - the main aid program for low-income students - cover at least 70 percent of in-state tuition costs. In 2004-2005, the grants covered less than half."
UCSC shows its growth as a research university
Date CapturedWednesday August 09 2006, 9:31 PM
Santa Cruz Sentinel reports, "The $128.5 million in grants the school [University of California Santa Cruz] received during the last academic year continues a trend of research funding and signifies the university's steady evolution as a research institution, university officials said."
Profs, funds added to Westchester Community College budget to attract students
Date CapturedTuesday August 08 2006, 9:32 AM
THE JOURNAL NEWS reports, "To help attract and retain students and to increase the full-time faculty, the Westchester legislature's budget committee added $161,000 to next year's spending plan for Westchester Community College yesterday."
Gates Foundation expands scholars program
Date CapturedMonday August 07 2006, 7:14 AM
AP reports, "The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will add $58 million to expand its $1 billion Millennium Scholars program to target low-income and minority students seeking a graduate degree in public health."
Arizona private college tuition aid on tap
Date CapturedSaturday August 05 2006, 11:55 AM
East Valley Tribune reports, "The wrinkle is going to mean a slow start for a controversial program to offer what essentially amount to vouchers for Arizona residents to attend private colleges and universities."
Sullivan County Community College says cuts imminent without $1M from county
Date CapturedFriday August 04 2006, 9:10 AM
Times Herald-Record reports, "Some of the possible impacts: closing the Monticello Center, closing the Elderhostel program, cutting work-force education and training, slashing sports programs, leaving an admissions position vacant, not filling positions in nursing and culinary arts and not going ahead with planned health-care programs."
Changes in Staff Distribution and Salaries of Full-time Employees in Postsecondary Institutions:
Date CapturedThursday August 03 2006, 8:26 AM
This NCES study examines the changes that occurred between fall 1993 and fall 2003 in the distribution of staff and average salaries of all full-time staff— faculty, administrators, and support personnel—at postsecondary institutions. Li, X. (2006). Changes in Staff Distribution and Salaries of Full-time Employees in Postsecondary Institutions: 1993–2003 (NCES 2006-152). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
CUNY programs for immigrants
Date CapturedThursday August 03 2006, 7:13 AM
NY Daily News weekly contributor Allan Wernick writes, "CUNY, like most publicly funded educational institutions, charges a low rate for residents and a higher rate for out-of-state and international students."
New York Law School Launches $190 Million Expansion and Renovation of TriBeCa Campus
Date CapturedTuesday August 01 2006, 9:48 AM
PRNewswire reports, "Financing for the new academic building came from the sale of $135 million in insured bonds issued through the New York City Industrial Development Agency, which was successfully completed on June 30, 2006. The school's securities were given an A3 credit rating by Moody's and an A-minus rating by S&P, both reflective of the school's stable market position and solid financial condition."
North Country Community College budget headed for approval
Date CapturedTuesday August 01 2006, 8:35 AM
The Press-Republican reports, "'Since that college has been there, we've seen an increase in the number of people who've been downtown,' Supervisor Robert C. Dedrick (R-Ticonderoga) said. 'It's an absolutely gorgeous building. I'm sure they're able to fill their courses.' The college will help revitalize Ticonderoga's downtown, he said."
New York City Independent Budget Office Fiscal Brief, July 2006
Date CapturedTuesday August 01 2006, 7:27 AM
By Paul Lopatto. Study finds, "THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, commonly known as CUNY, is the largest urban public university system in the country, with approximately 450,000 students. Until the city’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s, CUNY charged no tuition. But even with the addition of tuition revenue, CUNY has faced ongoing challenges to its operating budget. CUNY officials say these challenges have hampered their ability to expand and improve the university’s educational programs.IBO’s review of CUNY funding since 1989 finds that the university system has become increasingly reliant on tuition revenue even as it faces year-to-year uncertainty in the sources of its funding and costs to its students."
STATE $TILL FAILING CUNY
Date CapturedTuesday August 01 2006, 7:22 AM
NY Post David Andreatta writes, "The study, released yesterday by the city's Independent Budget Office, confirms what CUNY officials have said for years - that a decline in state support has hampered the university's ability to expand." READ REFERENCED STUDY ON EDUCATION NEW YORK ONLINE, EDUCATION POLICY PAGE, HIGHER EDUCATION LINK.
$1.75 Million Grant to Support College Students With Scholarships, Internships and Mentors
Date CapturedMonday July 31 2006, 11:22 PM
SpaceRef reports, "A consortium led by the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) with the support of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) was awarded a $1.75 million grant to administer NASA's Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology Program (MUST) and award scholarships and internships to undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, more widely known as STEM fields."
School's in for Cooper
Date CapturedMonday July 31 2006, 10:49 PM
USA Today reports, "Since 1995, [Alice]Cooper has operated the Solid Rock Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides money to children's causes and college scholarships to Christian students."
Community Colleges Challenge Department of Education Move to Limit Availability of New Academic Competitiveness Grants
Date CapturedMonday July 31 2006, 7:25 PM
US Newswire reports, "The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has called upon the Department of Education (ED) to modify its regulations for the new Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG) program and extend eligibility to students enrolled in certificate programs such as biotechnology, aerospace manufacturing technology, electronics engineering and renewable energies. AACC maintains that the law creating the ACGs clearly includes these and other certificate programs."
Niagara County Community College gets a $6 million summer makeover
Date CapturedMonday July 31 2006, 11:48 AM
Buffalo News reports, "He [Rob Waters] said the State University of New York and the Niagara County Legislature, each contributing half, granted the college $10 million to pay for the improvements."
New pro football league to start up on college campuses
Date CapturedWednesday July 26 2006, 10:27 AM
USA Today reports, "A group of former college officials headed by former NCAA President Cedric Dempsey will unveil plans Wednesday in New York for a new spring minor league with a twist — the eight teams will use colleges as their bases, and feature players from those schools and their affiliated conferences and surrounding regions."
Book Costs Shock College Students, Families
Date CapturedTuesday July 25 2006, 9:34 AM
NPR (audio) reports, "More than a dozen states are considering laws that would restrict price increases for college textbooks."
The "American Dream Initiative"
Date CapturedTuesday July 25 2006, 8:34 AM
USA Today reports, "The 'American Dream Initiative' plan calls for:• Higher education block grants — $150 billion over 10 years — to states, based in part on the number of students who attend and graduate from college. States would have to promise not to raise tuition higher than inflation. • $3,000 college tuition tax credits to help families pay for college."
New Jersey school voucher fight tilts to the right
Date CapturedMonday July 24 2006, 9:17 AM
The Record reports, "A lawsuit to apply New Jersey's public-education funding toward private-school tuition has key support from some of the country's most conservative charitable foundations, including those run by heirs to the Wal-Mart and Amway fortunes, public records show."
Dropping a Few Sports at Rutgers, and Putting Pressure on Trenton
Date CapturedSunday July 23 2006, 9:14 AM
NY Times reports, "The cuts could deal a blow to the university’s ambition to be ranked in the upper echelon of the nation’s public colleges and universities."
Clinton Community College asks Clinton County for nearly $500,000 more in funding
Date CapturedFriday July 21 2006, 9:40 AM
The Press Republican reports, "College officials stressed they trimmed the budget as much as possible and any more would negatively impact the programs and services they currently offer."
Legislators agree to fund North Country Community College
Date CapturedFriday July 21 2006, 8:53 AM
The Press Republican reports, "The allocation is about $40,900 more than the county appropriated this year and includes a $200 tuition increase for students at the school's three campuses, bringing the total annual NCCC tuition to $3,250."
Broome Community College has new scholarship program
Date CapturedWednesday July 19 2006, 9:01 AM
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports, "A new scholarship program at Broome Community College could attract as many as 25 additional Broome County students each year and keep them in the area after graduation, college officials say."
Academic Competitiveness Grants in New York State
Date CapturedThursday July 13 2006, 3:18 PM
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has released information on the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) Program as included in the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA). These grants are available to certain Pell-eligible college students starting with the 2006-07 academic year.
$5 Million Grant to Teach For America to Improve Math and Science Education in Low-Income Communities
Date CapturedTuesday July 11 2006, 4:37 PM
PRnewswire reports, "The Amgen Foundation pledged $5 million to support a program aimed at doubling the number of college math and science graduates who join Teach For America by 2010."
Westchester Community College hopes to raise tuition by $200
Date CapturedTuesday July 11 2006, 8:20 AM
Journal News reports, "The tuition would increase for a full-time student, from $3,150 to $3,350, under a $73.1 million budget proposal submitted yesterday by Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano to the county Board of Legislators."
Generous gift, new name for RIT business college
Date CapturedMonday July 10 2006, 8:45 PM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "Rochester Institute of Technology is renaming its College of Business after the donor of a multi-million-dollar gift to the school."
Community college special education initiative kicks off in Maryland
Date CapturedMonday July 10 2006, 8:41 PM
The Gazette reports, "The Governor’s Community College Initiative for Students with Learning Disabilities will award $500,000 to approximately 200 students. Students chosen for the project are eligible for up to $2,500 per year for three years to earn their degree or career certification at a state community college."
Minnesota View: Free college — but some restrictions apply
Date CapturedMonday July 10 2006, 8:10 AM
Winona Daily News editorial writes, "Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s new proposal to give free college to Minnesota students who perform well academically is a pretty good idea, if the purpose is to keep some of the brightest students from leaving Minnesota for good."
Rockland Community College Around the World
Date CapturedSunday July 09 2006, 10:39 AM
The Journal News reports, "Rockland Community College is establishing a scholarship fund for study-abroad students."
Get adults into college too, Nation, and New York, need a major improvement in university graduates
Date CapturedSunday July 09 2006, 10:24 AM
Buffalo News reports, "Global competition is rapidly increasing and the best way for America to keep up is to educate all citizens, old and young, well beyond high school. But that will take a different perspective on the outlay, and it will take a different funding schematic that better adheres to this nation's changing demographics."
College costs hit 'scary' heights
Date CapturedSaturday July 08 2006, 8:12 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "Nationally, the cost of a year at a private four-year school was more than $29,000 in 2005-06, according to the nonprofit College Board, while at a public four-year school, it exceeded $12,000. Those figures don't include textbooks and incidental expenses, which can easily add $2,000 a year."
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Signs $25 Million Tax Cut for Pennsylvanians Saving for Higher Education
Date CapturedThursday July 06 2006, 2:35 PM
bizyahoo.com reports, "The new law gives Pennsylvanians a state tax deduction for contributions to a qualified tuition account program - such as the TAP 529 program offered by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department."
Northern Country Community College budget includes new account
Date CapturedThursday July 06 2006, 9:00 AM
The PressRepublican.com reports, "For the first time, the college's budget will include a separate capital-improvement fund for future projects and infrastructure upgrades."
Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC)
Date CapturedWednesday July 05 2006, 11:22 AM
HESC is the state agency that helps people pay for college.
Dealing With Debt: 1992-93 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients 10 Years Later
Date CapturedWednesday July 05 2006, 10:51 AM
Using data from the 1993–2003 Baccalaureate and Beyond Study (B&B:93/03), this NCES report describes the borrowing patterns of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients and examines the repayment of undergraduate Stafford loans for those who had no additional degree enrollment.
Minnesota Governor’s ACHIEVE plan is shortsighted
Date CapturedWednesday July 05 2006, 9:54 AM
The Minnesota Daily editorial reports, "It’s apparent that the program discriminates based on field of study, an absurd notion of favoritism that assumes math and sciences students are more 'worthy' of financial support than students in other disciplines."
Program Aims to Foster Adult Successes
Date CapturedMonday July 03 2006, 9:09 PM
NPR reports, "Foster kids who are 'emancipated' from foster care at the age of 18 are often ill-equipped to make basic decisions about work, education and housing. One program in Southern California has had some success in helping these young adults get into and through college."
State invests in future teachers
Date CapturedSaturday July 01 2006, 7:23 AM
Times Union
New York states legislature helps part-time students get an education
Date CapturedFriday June 30 2006, 8:17 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
$790 Million in New Grants for College Students Available July 1
Date CapturedThursday June 29 2006, 7:54 PM
US needs to boost higher education spending by at least $7 billion a year
Date CapturedThursday June 29 2006, 9:24 AM
Arizona community colleges to lose $32.7 mil in wake of tax relief
Date CapturedThursday June 29 2006, 9:19 AM
Deadline Approaches for Low-Rate Student Loans
Date CapturedWednesday June 28 2006, 10:26 PM
NPR
College grads face huge debts, Average student will owe $19,000, some up to $100K
Date CapturedTuesday June 27 2006, 7:55 AM
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
College loan rates rising
Date CapturedSaturday June 24 2006, 9:55 PM
pressrepublican.com
Missouri Gov. Blunt Signs Bill Increasing Higher Education Spending
Date CapturedSaturday June 24 2006, 5:46 PM
Secretary Spellings Announces July 1 Availability of $790 Million in New Grants for Higher Education
Date CapturedWednesday June 21 2006, 5:15 PM
Student loan lessons
Date CapturedWednesday June 21 2006, 6:24 AM
NY Daily News
College funding, control need fresh ideas
Date CapturedTuesday June 20 2006, 8:54 AM
IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OK'S MORE GRANT MONEY FOR STUDENTS
Date CapturedSaturday June 17 2006, 9:21 PM
Grandparents Poll
Date CapturedFriday June 16 2006, 5:57 PM
The survey found that 55% contribute in some way to their grandchildren’s education, with 21% setting up a fund for college tuition, 5% paying all or part of the tuition expenses, 12% paying for all or part of pre-school through high school expenses, and 24% contributing in other ways. Grandfathers were more likely than grandmothers to set up funds for college tuition (23.8% vs. 19.6%). Younger grandparents (under the age of 70), were more likely than those over 70 to set up funds for college tuition.
Two grants available to college students
Date CapturedThursday June 15 2006, 6:21 PM
Amendment could force University of Texas to boost immigrant tuition
Date CapturedThursday June 15 2006, 9:21 AM
Lock in low student-loan rates
Date CapturedThursday June 15 2006, 7:12 AM
In debt before you start
Date CapturedMonday June 12 2006, 9:02 AM
Arizona required test could score students in-state scholarships
Date CapturedMonday June 12 2006, 8:38 AM
Pay now, attend college later
Date CapturedSunday June 11 2006, 9:13 AM
Education without representation
Date CapturedSaturday June 10 2006, 9:11 AM
Cutting New Jersey college budgets is shortsighted
Date CapturedThursday June 08 2006, 1:42 PM
Idaho group wants lower tuition for illegal immigrants
Date CapturedThursday June 08 2006, 7:37 AM
Ohio ballot push may help pay college costs
Date CapturedWednesday June 07 2006, 9:32 AM
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano signs military education bill at MCAS
Date CapturedWednesday June 07 2006, 9:25 AM
Hard Choices as Loan Interest Rates Rise (NY Times registration)
Date CapturedWednesday June 07 2006, 8:23 AM
A Helping Hand for Higher Education
Date CapturedTuesday June 06 2006, 8:06 PM
Compromising Our Future
Date CapturedTuesday June 06 2006, 9:02 AM
Don't let Lotto kids lose, sez pol
Date CapturedTuesday June 06 2006, 8:10 AM
Paying ahead for college
Date CapturedMonday June 05 2006, 8:56 AM
Students lose out on 280G
Date CapturedMonday June 05 2006, 7:58 AM
School's out! It's payback time
Date CapturedSunday June 04 2006, 10:05 AM
Students dash to save cash on school loans
Date CapturedFriday June 02 2006, 7:43 AM
Paying a relative's tuition as a tax strategy
Date CapturedWednesday May 31 2006, 8:17 AM
Working students
Date CapturedTuesday May 30 2006, 7:49 AM
Endowments: Closed books?
Date CapturedMonday May 29 2006, 11:22 PM
Student loan rates on the rise
Date CapturedMonday May 29 2006, 8:39 AM
As college costs climb, HVCC won't budge
Date CapturedFriday May 26 2006, 9:33 PM
SUNY $2.26B budget best in years
Date CapturedFriday May 26 2006, 7:51 AM
Time's a wastin': Parents, consolidate PLUS loans now, before rates rise
Date CapturedTuesday May 23 2006, 10:44 AM
Colleges Offering More "Merit-Based" Finanical Aid
Date CapturedMonday May 22 2006, 7:56 PM
Colleges shouldn't leech dollars from students
Date CapturedSunday May 21 2006, 8:51 AM
For top N.J. students willing to stay close, college can be free
Date CapturedFriday May 19 2006, 5:13 PM
California Bill Would Give Financial Aid To Illegal Immigrant Students
Date CapturedFriday May 19 2006, 9:27 AM
Schumer seeks to combat rising student debt
Date CapturedFriday May 19 2006, 8:01 AM
Technical college receives aviation education grant
Date CapturedWednesday May 10 2006, 9:09 PM
New Process Benefits Victims of Human Trafficking Seeking College Aid
Date CapturedWednesday May 10 2006, 3:58 PM
Education, HHS unveil program to ID loan defaulters
Date CapturedTuesday May 09 2006, 5:40 PM
In a 529 Savings Plan, the Number to Watch May Be 2010 (NY Times registration)
Date CapturedSunday May 07 2006, 12:08 AM
Haze Surrounds Aid for Drug Users
Date CapturedFriday May 05 2006, 9:03 AM
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s Preschool for All plan and college tuition relief plan win legislative approval
Date CapturedThursday May 04 2006, 10:41 PM
College Aid Qualifications to Get Stiffer
Date CapturedTuesday May 02 2006, 7:55 PM
U.S. Department of Education Announces Student Eligibility Options for New Academic Grants
Date CapturedTuesday May 02 2006, 7:36 PM
Kansas House OKs Tuition Bill For Those Wanting To Teach
Date CapturedTuesday May 02 2006, 11:05 AM
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority Forgives $1.3M in Student Loans Held by Missouri Math, Science and Special Education Teachers
Date CapturedThursday April 27 2006, 2:18 PM
FL immigrant tuition bill fails again
Date CapturedTuesday April 25 2006, 4:31 PM
Cost of education on the rise across Virginia
Date CapturedTuesday April 25 2006, 12:07 AM
Oklahoma's first one (B) billion-dollar higher education budget
Date CapturedSunday April 23 2006, 8:06 PM
It's Payback Time (NY Times registration)
Date CapturedSunday April 23 2006, 6:56 AM
The ABC's of Financing a College Education
Date CapturedWednesday April 19 2006, 9:33 AM
Center vital to SUNYIT
Date CapturedWednesday April 19 2006, 7:35 AM
Boston's most expensive schools keep pace -- with each other
Date CapturedMonday April 17 2006, 7:59 AM
Drug convictions costing students their financial aid
Date CapturedMonday April 17 2006, 6:13 AM
As Budget Pain Filters Down, New Yorkers Start to Cry Out (NY Times registration)
Date CapturedThursday April 13 2006, 11:05 PM



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