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Two-year colleges face student loan default challenge: rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system
Buried within the federal government's new report on student loans is a statistic causing concern for some community colleges: Loan defaults in...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 10/29/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
An 'ally and partner': White House Hispanic education leader seeks to build links to educators, improve visibility of HSIs with federal agencies
Whether working to improve nonprofit organizations or directing the Obama campaign in Texas, Juan Sepulveda has learned the importance of what he...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 10/01/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Community colleges to benefit from new higher ed bill: ambitious higher education legislation is loaded with student aid, community college improvements
Billed as the most ambitious higher education legislation in years, a measure recently approved by a congressional committee has a number of...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 09/17/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Minority-serving institutions seek long-term funding increases: advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress
With a short-term federal funding increase set to expire soon, minority-serving institutions and their advocates on Capitol Hill are moving on...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 09/03/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
HBCU power brokers on Capitol Hill: meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C
With federal economic stimulus money and a new president committed to higher education, it should be a banner time for those who advocate for...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 08/20/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Power players for HSIs and tribal colleges: these are some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C
In Washington, D.C., many individuals aspire to become power players. But the true test is the ability to influence policy and legislation, whether...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 08/06/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Financial aid program changes take effect
Low-income students and recent college graduates may reap dramatic gains as a result of far-reaching changes in financial aid grant and loan...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 07/09/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Minority-serving institutions battle for budget consideration: colleges disagree over what constitutes an agricultural program and therefore who qualifies for limited federal agricultural resources
For minority-serving institutions coping with the greatest recession in decades, there may be major gains for those who earn the title of...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 06/25/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
Prospective switch to direct loans raises concerns: smaller schools say they lack the infrastructure to take on student loan tasks traditionally performed by banks
In this tight fiscal era, President Barack Obama's plan to provide billions of dollars in new federal student aid hinges on a potentially...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 06/11/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication -
HSIs, others look to census for aid to schools, communities: advocacy groups are seeing to it that the U.S. Census Bureau has the necessary resources to count all U.S. residents effectively
For minority-serving colleges and their communities, the $787 billion economic stimulus package is not the only new funding game in town. Many also...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 05/28/09 by Charles Dervarics · More from publication
