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In an attempt to offer a low-cost alternative to college students who typically attend more expensive private and public institutions, community colleges have started building on-campus dorms, a move that may soon alter the commuter culture at such schools, reports the Los Angeles Times (“Community Colleges Add Dorms to Boost ...

Typically, when the economy is down, enrollment is up at the nation’s community colleges. However, in the current economy, in which the unemployment rate is at a record high, Americans who find themselves recently unemployed can’t afford to further their education even at inexpensive local institutions. In an effort to help, ...

The husband-and-wife pastors of a Houston church have been indicted in a student loan scheme in which the pastors and another church leader allegedly defrauded the government of millions of dollars in student loans, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney General Office (“Leaders of ‘Fishers of Men’ Church Charged With Student ...

A new plan unveiled Monday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education calls for the state-supported colleges and universities in Indiana to graduate 10,000 more students with bachelor’s degrees each year — an increase of 33 percent — and to graduate these students in just four years, according to the Associated Press (“Indiana Seeks 10,000 ...

Concerned that some students at two-year schools may borrow more in federal student loans than they can afford to repay, community college officials want the federal government to give community colleges control over how much their students can borrow in federal aid. Community colleges want the authority to deny some of their own students the ...

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher education they do business with, according to a New York Times article (“Bill Promotes ...

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., sent a letter Monday to the American Association of Community Colleges, urging its members to enroll in the government’s Direct Loan Program in order to ensure community college students have access to student loans for the 2008–09 academic year.Kennedy, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, ...

A number of lenders who abandoned the federal student loan market in recent months may be returning, in light of a new law designed to keep struggling lenders afloat, according to a Dow Jones Newswires article. Many of the 102 companies that scaled back or withdrew from the Federal Family Education Loan Program, in which federal student loans ...

Where have all the men gone? It appears as if male enrollment at community colleges is on the decline and officials at these institutions are trying to address the problem. According to a May 23, 2007 article written by Scott Jaschik titled, “Looking for Male Students,” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed, “When community college leaders gather ...

So, looking for a high-paying job that you might want to aspire to one day? Love college and the whole academic environment? Well, what about becoming the president of a community college? According to an April 16, 2007 article written by Elyse Ashburn titled, “Presidential Pay Tops $160,000 at 2-Year Colleges, Survey Finds,” that appeared in The ...