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Colleges and Universities
Four Potential Futures of the College System
by Clark Aldrich Unschooling Rules 49: College: the hardest no-win decision your family may ever make.
Tuition Hike?
by Matthew Albright Bill aims to bring cost in line with southern average Kristen Braud and Shawn Champagne, nursing seniors at Nicholls State University, study Monday on campus. A bill in the Legislature would allow the state’s colleges and universities to increase tuition to the southern regional average, potentially costing Nicholls State University and Fletcher … Continue reading
College Math 101: Calculating the Real Cost of Attending
By RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN College acceptance letters are rolling in. Now the hard part-figuring out where the kids can afford to go. WSJ’s Rachel Louise Ensign shares what’s key to navigating those utility-bill-like financial aid awards on Lunch Break.
Tool estimates education’s cost
Lee Bierer Lee Bierer is an independent college adviser based in Charlotte. Whenever I’ve written about financial aid issues, it’s always been directed toward high school seniors, but a new tool in the marketplace has been developed that assists families of high school underclassmen predict the cost of college.
Higher education in 2012: a global perspective
Eliza Anyangwe In the last of our (The Guardian) predictions series, we ask HE leaders in the US, Australia, India and South Africa to share what trends and issues could have the most impact on the sector
What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In
By ROBERT GEBELOFF and SHAILA DEWAN | New York Times – We got an interesting question from an academic adviser at a Texas university: could we tell what the top 1 percent of earners majored in?
How to Get a $106,000 College Education for Free – Lynn O’Shaughnessy
How would you like to go to a private liberal arts college that will give you a full-ride tuition scholarship for four years? Sounds crazy? Actually, I’m serious.
Proposal sets tuition increase but students won’t see fees rise
By Rene Cardona Jr. Students will see an increase in tuition for the coming 2013-2014 biennium, which will fund new initiatives to improve academic success, and although some fees will be adjusted, the total amount paid will not change. UTB/TSC officials sent a proposal describing the changes in tuition and fees to the University of … Continue reading
Trouble in Texas
Posted by Steven Harper Last month, University of Texas President Bill Powers asked his law school dean, Larry Sager, to resign months ahead of his originally planned departure at the end of the academic year. According to the Texas Tribune, Sager’s relationship with the law school’s faculty “had become so strained that he was no longer able … Continue reading
Online learning keeps evolving
By Elizabeth Tice Driven by student demand, technology, a troubled economy and roiling demographic changes, the continued growth of online and distance learning has become a force that is not only forever changing how education is delivered but will also drive economic change by preparing today’s workers for the technology-based jobs of tomorrow. The rapid … Continue reading
Cigarroa on The Obama Invite List
Who is headed to the White House today for the meeting with President Obama on college costs and productivity? According to a representative of a higher education association, the group will include the leaders of three state university systems: Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York; Francisco Cigarroa, chancellor of the University … Continue reading
Countdown to college: Tips for narrowing the college list
By LEE BIERER McClatchy Newspapers Take a deep breath, hit the “submit” button and then exhale. Thousands of students are doing this every day. But, at the same time they are wondering if they really need to be applying to as many colleges as they had originally planned. September and October produce long lists of … Continue reading
The rising cost of college
What’s behind the runaway cost of a college education? According to the College Board, tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students at public four-year colleges are up an average 8.3 percent this year, roughly three times the overall rate of inflation. (In South Carolina, the increase was a more moderate 2.5 percent.) The costs for … Continue reading
Money for minorities
By Ryan Utter There’s a belief that minorities receive more scholarships and grants than other students. This belief may also be the reason many students are inhibited from applying for scholarships because they aren’t some unique mixture of unheard ethnicities.
Students, Parents Are Determined Despite Rising College Tuition Costs
They were on the lookout for scholarships and financial aid at the City of Commerce’s sixth annual college fair. By Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou, EGP Staff Writer More than 700 people descended on Commerce this past weekend with one mission in mind – getting to college in one piece. The annual Commerce to College Fair attracted … Continue reading
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
- Lo Más Hot de Texas
- Las cuatro más bellas en bikini
- Jennifer López no usa sostén
- Las bodas más caras de la historia
- Importante cierre de autopista en Houston este fin de semana
- "Tiempo de Danzón" en Dallas
- Acudió a Walmart por cambio de aceite y salió con símbolos satánicos en su auto
- Permiten cazar con silenciador en Texas
Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
- Myth Busted: Vaccinations Are Not Immunizations
- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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