Santa Ana College’s foundation recently announced a new scholarship for students at the California community college near Los Angeles who cannot document a legal right to be in the United States. [...]
After months of delay, Congress, in one intense day that included more partisan spats and parliamentary maneuvering, passed budget legislation that included a $40 billion-plus investment in colleges and their students. [...]
Congressional Democrats are making plans to trim a proposed increase in Pell Grants, and to cut out other anticipated education-spending programs, in a rush to craft a final version of their long-awaited student-loan legislation. [...]
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate edged closer Thursday to merging the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act into the budget reconciliation bill being drafted to push health care reform through Congress without Republican support. [...]
College leaders grew understandably nervous when President Obama said last week that he would freeze domestic discretionary spending for the rest of his administration; programs dear to them, like student aid and scientific research, fall into that broad category, and his State of the Union vow to shield education programs provided too-little reassurance. [...]
The US House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation designed to toughen federal regulation of the finance industry, and the measure has significant implications for private student loans in two ways. [...]
Obama administration officials confirmed on Thursday that unexpectedly strong demand for Pell Grants would sharply increase government spending on its primary need-based student aid program, requiring an extra $18 billion over the next three years. While such shortfalls are common in programs like Pell — which [...]
Tuesday, Sep 7
Light Rain
Currently: 57˚F
Feels Like: 57˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 56˚
Wind: 6, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: W (270) 
Tonight: 56˚
Sunset: 7:30 PM
Moon Phase: New
Wednesday, Sep 8
Hi: 58˚, Lo: 50˚
Wind: 16, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: W (263) 
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