Trump’s college crackdown will backfire on Christian schools!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VgKz-2yPs3o

 

 

MIT rejects White House proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Guardian

The proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education – which was sent to nine US higher education institutions including MIT, Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Arizona, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia – would require universities to impose several restrictions. 

Among them is a cap on international student enrollment, a five-year tuition freeze, strict gender definitions and a prohibition on anything that might "belittle" conservative viewpoints...

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/10/mit-rejects-trump-policies-funding 

 

Trump admin RESCINDS $37.7M fine against Christian school that lied about tuition costs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7OJmZhXhs

 

Harvard says tuition will be free for families making $200K or less - ABC News

Undergraduate students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less will not only have tuition covered but also housing, food, health services and other student services, the university said…

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/harvard-tuition-families-making-200k/story

Most Johns Hopkins med school students will get free tuition due to donation : NPR

Most students pursuing medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University will receive free tuition, thanks to a $1 billion gift from businessman Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization...

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/09/g-s1-8876/johns-hopkins-medical-school-bloomberg

Grand Canyon University pushes back against $37M fine from Education Dept. - The Washington Post

The nation's largest Christian university says it will fight a $37.7 million fine from the Education Department over accusations it misled students over college costs, questioning whether the penalty is religious persecution...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/16/grand-canyon-university-appeal-education-department-fine/

Sanders, Jayapal and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make College Tuition- and Debt-Free for Working Families

This legislation would guarantee tuition-free community college for all students and allow students from single households earning up to $125,000 a year, and married households earning up to $250,000 a year, to attend college without fear of being saddled with student loan debt. If passed, the College for All Act would also…

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/sanders-jayapal-and-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-make-college-tuition-and-debt-free-for-working-families

Princeton Will Cover All College Costs for Families Making Up to $100,000 - Bloomberg

"One of Princeton's defining values is our commitment to ensure that talented students from all backgrounds can not only afford a Princeton education but can flourish on our campus and in the world beyond it," President Christopher Eisgruber said in the statement...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/princeton-to-cover-full-costs-for-families-making-up-to-100-000

University in Detroit Offers Free Tuition to Every Teen in the City Graduating From High School

Beginning with this year's graduating class, Wayne State University will be offering free tuition to high school students who graduate in Detroit, Michigan. Whether the student attends a traditional public school, private school or charter school, they are eligible for the free tuition as long as they live in the city of Detroit, reports the Detroit Free Press...
https://www.newsweek.com/university-detroit-offers-free-tuition-every-teen-city-graduating-high-school-1467367

Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid - ProPublica

First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative. Then the student declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships.
https://www.propublica.org/article/university-of-illinois-financial-aid-fafsa-parents-guardianship-children-students

64 percent of Americans support Elizabeth Warren's college reform plan -- The Hill: Poll

A significant majority of Americans would favor a wealth tax on the nation's 75,000 richest families to pay for a new higher education initiative put forward by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that would make state and community colleges tuition-free and pay off most existing student loan debts, according to poll released Monday...
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/441181-poll-64-percent-of-americans-support-elizabeth-warrens-college

Why Are There So Few Black Men Going Into Medicine? (Joshua Johnson, The 1A)

Black men make up less than 7 percent of students enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Why?
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/09/03/black-men-medicine-medical-school

Price-Matching Programs Arrive On College Campuses (Joshua Johnson, The 1A)

Some colleges say they’ll match tuition at rival schools. We’ll add up the dollars and costs.

Interview: 

http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/09/05/college-tuition-price-matching-programs

Wisconsin bill would grant free college tuition to foster kids -- ThinkProgress.org

A panel of Wisconsin legislators are expected to approve a measure Thursday that would give a "helping hand" to the state's foster children, granting them free college tuition to attend an in-state university or technical college. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/wisconsin-free-tuition-foster-kids-505bb7814902/

Why Some Cities and States Are Footing the Bill for Community College

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New York Becomes First State to Offer Free Four-Year College

New York will be the only state in the country to offer universal public college tuition coverage for working- and middle-class residents after the program was included in the budget package approved Sunday night. The state's Excelsior Scholarship program will be rolled out in tiers over the next three years, starting with full coverage of four-year college tuition this fall for students whose families make less than $100,000. The income cap will increase to $110,000 in 2018 and $125,000 in 2019....
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/new-york-becomes-first-state-offer-free-four-year-college-n744561

What you need to know about New York's tuition-free scholarship

Though other places have free community college, New York is the first to make tuition free at four-year public colleges as well. Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced the tuition-free legislation in January and lawmakers approved the plan this weekend. Middle-class families could save up to $25,880 for a four-year degree at a State University or City University of New York school.

But not everyone will benefit from the new Excelsior Scholarship....
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/10/pf/college/suny-cuny-tuition-free-college/

Does free college equal more degrees? Detroit to test popular theory (+video)

Going to college just got dramatically more do-able for Detroit students, thanks to a "Detroit Promise" plan that will offer free community college to local high school graduates.

The city has secured permanent funding to cover two years at any of six local colleges for graduates of the Detroit Public Schools, Mayor Mike Duggan announced Tuesday. The state has already committed to instituting similar programs in 10 low-income cities in Michigan, all modeled after the largely successful "Kalamazoo Promise" begun in that city in 2005....
http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2016/0322/Does-free-college-equal-more-degrees-Detroit-to-test-popular-theory-video