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CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Higher Education Department says that fall enrollment in state colleges and universities was up 6.2 percent from a year ago. The increase equals about 10,000 more students attending the state’s 33 public colleges …
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AP) — c ()-2010, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama … Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday. That’s about 6 percent more than this year’s $47 billion discretionary budget for education programs other than Pell Grants …
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JACKSON, Miss. — Higher education leaders are asking Mississippi lawmakers to boost funding for financial aid programs, saying hundreds of students have been denied assistance because of a lack of money. State College Board President Scott Ross and …
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… colleges being merged are the College of Arts and Letters with the College of Education and Human Development, and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences with the School of Social Work and Human Services. University spokesman Dave Meany …
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A state report says more than half of all first-time Arkansas college and university students weren’t ready for college-level work when they enrolled last fall. The state Higher Education Department report says that, of 21,689 students tested, 11,837 …
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Are you wondering how to pay for your child’s college education or how to navigate the financial aid and scholarship maze? Let us help. On Tuesday financial aid experts from Christopher Newport University, the College of William and Mary and Newport …
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Credit Union Will Award $21,000 in College Scholarships in 2010 MOLINE, Ill.—IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union (IHMVCU) announced today that it’s offering 21 college scholarships valued at $1,000 each for the 2010 – 2011 school year. “We know …
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Hardly had Alabama and Boise State settled in as co-champions of college football, then did this new decade open with a veritable bombast of negativity about college sports. Coaches were fired for being abusive to players; coaches jumped contracts …
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From building sheds to selling jewelry, Hudson Valley college students this winter break faced more work than play to pay off those bills. Payment for spring semester classes at SUNY schools were due Jan. 4, and the reminders looked more like …
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ATLANTA — Education Secretary Arne Duncan criticized what he called “renegade” college coaches, and says college basketball is hurt by players who enter the NBA after only one season. Duncan also praised college sports for developing leaders during …
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