Showing posts with label college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college. Show all posts

Saturday, November 8, 2025

College, university aid: which students are getting grant money

College is expensive for most families, to be sure. And they all scramble to make it work. 

But for low-income families, high tuition costs can rule out school altogether — financial burdens were cited by U.S. adults as the top reason for not pursuing an advanced degree in a Gallup survey this year. The system isn't set-up to attract lower-income students, Granville says. 

"There's very little working to benefit students who are on the fence about attending college at all."…



Sunday, October 5, 2025

US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

"I do feel a level of sympathy for [Kirk's] family. But when I ask my close friends, we all agree that he was horrible; we don't agree with anything he stood for," John said. "It's hard to juxtapose. On one hand, obviously political violence is not something we should support. On the other hand, how can I feel sympathy for him when he had no sympathy for me?"… 

"America just isn't a good place to be in any more."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/charlie-kirk-killing-colleges


 

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Native American universities and colleges brace for crippling Trump cuts

"Our tribal colleges are a deep expression of self-determination and sovereignty. These education systems were created to support and build tribal leadership, to create education systems in which Native students can thrive and can build our economies," Rose said. "Not only are the proposed cuts a direct attack against the trust and treaty responsibility that the federal government has to postsecondary institutions, it inhibits tribes' ability to direct self-determination in our own education systems." She added that her organization and the institutions were connecting with the current administration to underscore just how critical Department of Interior funding is to tribal colleges.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/native-american-colleges-universities-funding-trump


 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors - The Washington Post

Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether…

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

College swimmers suspended after racial slur scratched on to student’s body

"The reprehensible act was committed by a fellow student-athlete, someone he considered his friend, someone whom he trusted. This student used a box cutter to etch the N-word across his chest," the family told the Gettysburgian...

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Project 2025: The GOP's Plan for America - Student Loans

Project 2025 is the GOP agenda and its' handbook is called Mandate for Leadership. Learn what they have in store for America and vote accordingly.

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class

"The costs to society are higher still. Sociology students learn how to use empirical research and logic to assess the accuracy of claims made about the social world. They also gain skills to critique how power is distributed. 

"In short, they are positioned to be engaged citizens, armed with the power to destabilize right-wing policy makers' agendas, and this is the threat these regulations seek to neutralize."…

Friday, September 29, 2023

Baker College Turnaround Plagued by Federal Scrutiny, Plunging Revenue — ProPublica

Baker College once was Michigan's largest private nonprofit school, built on questionable promises of employment and cost. But a new school year brings a fresh host of financial and reputational problems...

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain | The Nation

In January 2019, when DeSantis was sworn into his first term as governor, there were 2,217 teacher vacancies in the state's K-12 public schools. As he entered his second term in January 2023, that number had ballooned to 5,294, according to the FEA. This August, the FEA found the number of unfilled positions neared a staggering 7,000...

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Support for legacy admissions is rooted in racial hierarchy

"Just as was found in previous research, I found that people who wanted to maintain social dominance for white people were largely the same people who supported legacy admissions. They also largely opposed affirmative action.…"







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