Student Loans
As part of the student loan legislation appended to health care reform, Democrats are proposing no increases in Pell Grants for the next 2 years and modest increases in the 5 years that follow.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Bricks 'n Mortar
UVA's Darden Business School and Batten Institute will open an innovation laboratory, or i.Lab, a new approach to teaching innovation and entrepreneurship.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Movers & Shakers
Wade Dyke is president of Iowa-based Kaplan University serving more than 66,000 online and campus-based students.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Movers & Shakers
A quarter of Harvard faculty members are women, an all-time high. Women lead the engineering, law, and education schools, Harvard College and Radcliffe Institute.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Movers & Shakers
Maine College of Art trustees selected Donald Tuski to serve as the institution's 17th president.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Trends
Bucking the trend, Grand Canyon U announced significant cuts to its housing and meal plan costs, elimination of campus parking and facilities fees and a tuition freeze.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Government
A fight between Erskine College and Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, the founding denomination, is headed to court.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Government
The health care bill headed for reconciliation includes student loan reform legislation switching to direct government lending, increasing Pell grants and ending private bank subsidies.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Academics
Arne Duncan proposes banning 12 teams with graduation rates of less than 40% from the NCAA basketball tournament.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Academics
Massachusetts is changing statewide college accountability standards to make the system more relevant to the economy.
Friday, March 19, 2010
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