Mississippi's Higher Ed commissioner said no school would see cuts in funding in Fiscal Year 2014 — the first year of a three-year phase-in — if a proposed plan is approved. He said all schools would receive more state allocation than this fiscal year.
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4/17/2013
So far in 2013, there have been at least 13 shootings on or directly adjacent to a college campus, including an incident Monday night at Grambling State University in Louisiana.
4/17/2013
Pima Community College has been placed on probation after a scathing report about the college that included claims about sexual misconduct and a culture of fear among employees.
4/17/2013
Wittenberg University leaders will soon decide which 29 of the current 141 faculty positions should be cut to help address the university’s $7 million budget shortfall.
4/16/2013
As college costs continue to increase, legislators say new programs, which entail different eligibility requirements and funding streams for federal financial student aid, could become components of the HEA, pending its reauthorization later this year.
4/16/2013
Budget bills mark first big boost in years for education spending, legislators say.
4/16/2013
A diverse team of leaders in industry, education and government have come up with plans to improve the number of youth and adults who earn their college degrees.
4/16/2013
Students who want to take online college classes could have access to an expanded array of options under a proposal designed to make it easier for universities to offer online courses across state lines.
4/16/2013
Higher education executives won support Monday for legislative relief from an “unintended consequence” of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s pension plan for new employee hires. The employer contribution would drop to 1.8 percent under Jindal’s plan instead of today’s 5.7 percent rate.
4/16/2013
Student loan burdens are growing fastest among the over-60 crowd, many of whom sought graduate degrees during the recession.
4/16/2013
DeVry Inc., operator of private colleges and training schools, said in an SEC filing that its practices are being investigated by the attorneys general in Illinois and Massachusetts.
4/16/2013
Virginia Commonwealth University is considering “market-based tuition pricing” for next year that would charge for each credit hour rather than a set rate for a full-time student.
4/15/2013
A growing number of Fortune 500 companies, like Walmart, have grown tired of waiting for colleges and universities to produce the skilled workers they need and have started offering their own classes instead.
4/15/2013
Adjunct faculty members working at more than 20 Boston institutions are participating in a campaign by SEIU to unionize contingent and adjunct faculty members.
4/15/2013
Clemson president James Barker told a South Carolina Senate panel that his university needs independence from state oversight for big construction projects and land purchases.
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