Arizona Appeals Court Overturns In-State Tuition for DACA Students June 21, 2017 9:55 AM by Susan Dutca The Arizona Court of Appeals overturned a 2015 ruling that allowed undocumented students who were granted deferred deportation to pay lower in-state college tuition. The 2015 lower court ruling
POTUS Pushing Apprenticeship Programs, Grants in 2017 June 14, 2017 11:16 AM by Susan Dutca POTUS Donald Trump is pushing for apprenticeship programs and intends to support the initiative with an apprenticeship grant program of up to $200 million, with special emphasis on industries such as
Prison Incarceration Costs More than Harvard University Tuition June 6, 2017 1:57 PM by Susan Dutca In the next year, it will cost $75,560 to incarcerate 130,000 California inmates. That is $2,000 more than in costs to attend one year at Harvard University. Part of the budget increase is for
Department of Education Seeking Single Loan Servicer May 23, 2017 10:23 AM by Susan Dutca The U.S. Department of Education will offer a contract to a single loan servicer to manage its $1.2 trillion student loan portfolio, which contains over 43 million borrowers. Instead of keeping its
Private Colleges Offering Free College Scholarships, Grants, & Discounts at Historic Levels in 2017 May 16, 2017 10:31 AM by Susan Dutca The chances of getting into a private college at a significantly discounted price are fairly high these days, according to a new report by the National Association of College and University Business
Finding Foster Youth College Scholarships on the Web May 8, 2017 4:27 PM by Susan Dutca Roughly half of foster youth graduate high school or receive a high school equivalency diploma by age 19, and less than four percent of foster children earn a bachelor's degree. Getting into college
Beyoncé Drops New "Formation Scholars" College Scholarship Program in 2017 April 28, 2017 9:39 AM by Susan Dutca Beyoncé just dropped the news of her new college scholarship initiative, The Formation Scholars program which will award free college scholarships to four females at the following participating
Marijuana-Funded College Scholarship Program to Aid Colorado Students April 25, 2017 8:44 AM by Susan Dutca The $1.3 billion marijuana industry in Colorado is tackling the $1.3 trillion national student debt crisis by using its tax revenue to help students pay for college. Pueblo County will be the first
New York Free College Scholarship Program Not So "Free"? April 18, 2017 11:23 AM by Susan Dutca New York's free college scholarship program is being met with heavy criticism as more details have emerged and it is set to start in fall of 2017. Though lauded for being the first of its kind to
New York State to Offer Free College Scholarship Program in 2017 April 11, 2017 by Susan Dutca New York State will soon be known as the "nation's first free-tuition program for middle-class families," and is ready to offer free college tuition to public colleges for in-state residents with
