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| College presidents, students lobby to keep Pell Grant funding | Before agreeing to raise the federal debt ceiling, Republican lawmakers want Democrats to agree to a number of budget cuts. Some of the proposed plans call for cuts to the Federal Pell Grant Program, which allows many of the country’s poorest students to attend college. This continues and… |
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| Tweets, E-mails Fly to ‘Save Pell’ | Students are planning to take on the government in their media today, staging a one-day blitz of tweets, emails and other electronic messages to members of Congress and President Barack Obama, demanding that cuts to collegiate Pell Grants be excluded from continuing debt negotiations. It’s part… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø redefines itself in light of state cuts | This past spring's proposed state budget cuts to higher education threatened to be so draconian that at one point, Western Washington University considered eliminating two of its eight colleges. |
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| The buzz about Bellingham | Don’t be shocked when I tell you that my most surprising discovery in this northwestern Washington city — the one that truly sparked my interest — was the American Museum of Radio and Electricity. A university town of similar size (81,000) to Bend, fewer than 20 miles south of the… |
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| Ragnar Relay all about fun, friendship - and a little competition | Not many competitive races couple costumes with overnight racing. And it's not every day teams dressed as pirates and vikings journey 190 miles on foot in 36 hours. |
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| For-Profit Colleges Sue U.S. to Block ‘Gainful Employment’ Regulations | Rules designed to cut off federal aid to institutions whose students struggle the most to repay government loans were challenged by an organization representing for-profit colleges. |
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| Don’t gut Pell Grants | DEBATE IS intensifying over the federal Pell Grant program. Some see runaway spending that can’t be sustained in the face of the mounting national debt; others believe no one with skill and determination should be denied a college education for lack of financial resources. We think it’s… |
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| Don’t cut Pell Grants, college leaders urge Congress | University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Leo Morton today joined college leaders on Capitol Hill and pleaded for lawmakers to spare funding for Pell Grants for the nation’s poor students. Pell Grants, which unlike loans don’t have to be paid back, each year aid some 10 million lower-… |
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| Transitions to welcome hundreds of transfer students, families to campus this week | |||
| Macy's Joins Companies Leaving CVN because of Anti-Gay Donations | acy's joined a growing list of companies backing away from the "Christian Values Network" (CVN) after learning anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council are using CVN.org to raise money. |