College Inc. Archive: Aid
Guest post: Year-round Pell Grants are a lifeline
Here is a guest post from Vinton Thompson, president of the Metropolitan College of New York. The House majority has voted for large cuts in Pell Grant support for low-income college students. These cuts would be disastrous for many students...
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Daniel de Vise
| March 5, 2011; 6:46 PM ET |
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Access, Aid, Finance, Public policy
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Obama Pell cuts, Pell funding, Pell Grants, student aid colleges
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Cal State's Reed: Don't cut Pell grant program
California State University broke with years of tradition in the 2008 downturn by adopting competitive admissions. For the first time in a long time, California students in the top third of their classes with B averages weren't guaranteed admission. Since...
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Daniel de Vise
| March 2, 2011; 12:22 PM ET |
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Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Community Colleges, Finance, For-profit colleges, Public policy, Publics
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Cal State University, California higher education, Charles Reed CSU, higher education cuts, Pell grants
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Fixing higher ed: U-Va. and U-Md. weigh in
In an article published last week in The Washington Post Magazine, I offered eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 27, 2011; 2:46 PM ET |
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Administration, Aid, Athletics, Attainment, Development, Finance, Labor, Research, Technology
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fixing higher education, higher education reform, UMD fixing higher ed, UVA fixing higher ed, washington post fixing higher education
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Fixing higher ed: Lumina's Jamie Merisotis
In a story that published Sunday in The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the story, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 5:52 PM ET |
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Access, Administration, Admissions, Aid, Attainment, Finance, Online, Pedagogy, Public policy, Students, Technology
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Harvard, Princeton return to early admission
Here's some big news in Ivy League admissions: Harvard and Princeton are going back to nonbinding early action, an early admission option that is sometimes deemed fairer to students than binding early decision. Most of the nation's top colleges have...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 11:45 AM ET |
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Access, Admissions, Aid
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early action, early admission, early decision, Harvard admissions, Ivy League admissions, Princeton admissions
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Guest post: We need 14 million more Hispanic degrees
Here is a guest post by Frank Alvarez, president and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund: As Hispanic Americans watch the batches of data flow out from the U.S. Census Bureau we have both a sense of pride and anxiety....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 23, 2011; 3:34 PM ET |
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Access, Aid, Attainment, Public policy, Students
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aid, American Graduation Initiative, attainment, college completion, Frank Alvarez, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
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