In an interview with the Associated Press, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke about the importance of education spending in the American Reinvestment and Recovery…
Funding for education and student aid is becoming a favorite target of conservative criticism of the economic stimulus plan currently being considered in Congress. For…
Information about the House’s version of the stimulus package is just coming out, and, when it comes to higher education, the news is… well.. mixed.…
The latest on students, student debt, colleges, and academic freedom:
The AP has a good article warning folks to expect the most nasty tuition hikes…
There are a few interesting higher education items around the interwebs today. Check ‘em out:
A new study examined how a nationwide ban on affirmative…
Yesterday President-elect Obama mentioned higher education in his remarks on the stimulus package at George Mason University. Check it out:
To give our children the…
The Chronicle of Higher Education published an op-ed from Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) about the need for relief for struggling students and an investment in…
There is a new documentary about student debt in the works, and it looks pretty good.
Check out the trailer:
Via TICAS, home of the…
Today, several consumer, higher education, and student groups (including Campus Progress) sent a letter to Congress asking that assistance for students be included in the…
The movement to demonize professors, restrict the free exchange of ideas on campus, and impose a binary political litmus test on decisions that should be…
There have been quite a few comments about the ongoing discussion over the role of the black and Latino vote in California’s passage of Proposition…
The National Governors Association (NGA) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings yesterday asking that no state be held accountable under new laws…
The Project on Student debt just released its third annual report on student debt at the national, state, and institutional levels, and it looks like…
Earlier today, I wrote about how the University of Texas had threatened two students with eviction from their dorm room and a block on their…
Two students at the University of Texas – Austin are being threatened with eviction from the dorms, and even with being barred from registering for…
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