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Pell grants are safe…for now
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 by JRF |
Well, the good news is that the debt deal will keep the Pell Grant at $5,550 for all students, instead of making it necessary to rework eligibility requirements and disqualify students due to lack of funding. Of course, in a couple of years, with drastic cuts being called for, every program is st...
Tagged: debt deal, higher education, budget cuts, pell grants, scholarships
Peace College makes some radical changes
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 by JRF |
Next year, Peace College will begin admitting men as full time students. For more than a century, Peace has been a women only school, but in 2009 men were allowed to take night and online classes. After Debra Townsley accepted the role of president, there has been further restructuring of program...
Tagged: peace college, women only schools
Are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) the key to improving the state of national education?
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 by JRF |
The White House seems to think so. HBCUs graduate about 17% of all black students in the U.S. In order to achieve the national initiative to make the U.S. a world leader in education, 200,000 more graduates need to come from HBCUs. Presidents of HBCUs agree that this is a daunting task. With cuts...
Tagged: hbcus, education initiative, diversity
The economic imperative for more adults to complete college
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 by JRF |
A new paper, Not Just Kid Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College, predicts that there will be a shortage of workers with college degrees by 2018. It calls for federal funding to help adults afford higher education in order to qualify for these jobs. The paper a...
Tagged: higher education, worker shortage, scholarships, nontraditional students
Where are the women MBA and engineering students?
Posted on Jun 14, 2011 by JRF |
There have been at least a couple of things posted recently about the lack of women in certain fields of study, namely science/engineering and business. “The UK needs to recruit 13,000 automotive, mechanical and aerospace engineers every year just to stand still.” But when only 9% of UK engineers...
Tagged: women, college, mba, engineering, stem, scholarships
