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After awarding more than 191 college scholarships over the past three years, a North Carolina scholarship program begun by former U.S. Sen. John Edwards is ending with the Class of 2009, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, (“John Edwards Ends Scholarship Program He Called a National Model,” August ...

The Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, a bill that supports study abroad reforms, and is one of 35 bills that compose Sen. Harry Reid’s Advancing America’s Priorities Act, has stalled in the Senate, according to an article in Inside Higher Education (“Senate Strands Study Abroad Bill,” July 29, 2008). Supporters of the study abroad ...

Recently published research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that approximately 57 percent of those veterans who used their GI Bill benefits in fiscal year 2007 attended either community colleges or for-profit institutions. Veterans tend to enroll at these types of schools because they often cater to veterans’ needs, ...

College students may soon be getting some relief when it comes to the $900 they spend on textbooks annually, although these new savings may be too minimal to notice. A new bill before Congress being supported by college bookstores, HR 5546, would allow bookstores to negotiate the fees they have to pay to banks when students purchase ...

Ohio governor, Ted Strickland, recently announced the implementation of The Ohio G.I. Promise, the first plan of its kind in the nation to extend in-state tuition rates to all veterans who attend an Ohio state public college or university on the GI Bill, according to an article in The New York Times (“Ohio Gives Veterans In-State Rates ...

Students attending community colleges, trade, or professional schools may soon be required to pass yet another exam and receive additional credentials, the Career Readiness Certificate, before landing a job, according to an article in Inside Higher Education (“The New Exit Exam ... for Jobs,” July 9, 2008). Introduced in 2004 by the ...

Students at many colleges are opting for online courses this summer in an attempt to save money on gas, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“Gas Prices Drive Students to Online Courses,” July 8, 2008). ''All across the country, community colleges and universities are getting requests for online programs ...

In the last few years, private colleges have experienced significant financial growth. However, due to the tumultuous student-loan market, sagging economy, and poor performing investments, small private colleges may start to see a different financial picture for 2008 and 2009, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher ...

President of North Carolina’s High Point University, Nido R. Qubein, who is also a motivational speaker and businessman, believes that students should be treated like customers and should enjoy obtaining their education, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“Club Ed: This University Is at Your Service,” July 4, ...

Showing his support for college students in Michigan, the state with the nation’s highest unemployment rate, democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama listened to Wayne County Community College students talk about their struggles of trying to balance rising college costs and high fuel prices, according to an article in The ...