Blue-Collar Students Trucking Through Student Debt August 15, 2017 2:24 PM by Susan Dutca The looming 1.4 billion student debt haunts not only college students and graduates, but blue-collar students as well. Dozens of truck drivers recount the industry's hopeful advertisement and how
House Passes New GI Bill Benefits July 25, 2017 11:23 AM by Susan Dutca By a unanimous vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Monday to expand Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Among other benefits, there will no longer be a 15-year limit on the use of
CSU to Admit All Qualified Students July 3, 2017 11:02 AM by Susan Dutca Due to a new budget deal, all qualified students will soon be admitted into one of the 23 campuses at California State University. With some of the more competitive schools only accepting 30-34
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
