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Johnny Hunter, national director of the Life Education and Resource Network, a North Carolina-based anti-abortion group aimed at African-Americans that operates in 27 states. “This campaign is in your face, and nobody can ignore it.” The billboards …
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s higher education board is opposing legislation that would change the scholarship amounts available to students at public and private colleges. Under current law, the Access Missouri scholarship provides up to …
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BusinessWire – In the first-ever analysis of the impacts of charter school attendance on educational attainment, educational researchers Kevin Booker and Brian Gill of Mathematica Policy Research, Tim R. Sass of Florida State University, and Ron Zimmer of Michigan State University find that
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In Charlotte, N.C., the best principals and teachers are handpicked to lead the worst schools. In Washington, D.C., the mayor appoints the schools chancellor. In New York, Wisconsin and Florida, parents on public assistance lose a chunk of their …
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The rapid rise in immigration , and the strain it has imposed on public services like education, medical care and the welfare … the Nigerian was rejected because he had applied to study at a “bogus college” not on a visa-approval list, not …
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It was the fourth round of spending cuts he has made since the fiscal year started July 1, and the total … House Education Committee Chairman Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, who’s also a key member of that chamber’s Appropriations Committee, said the …
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Melbourne: In the aftermath of a series of racial attacks on Indian students, Australia’s vocational colleges are set to bear the brunt of the damage to the country’s reputation as an education destination, as student visa applications for this …
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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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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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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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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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