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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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| Amid federal debt reduction talks, Pell grants still at risk | College students from low-income families have long relied on federal Pell grants to help pay for tuition. Earlier this year, $4 billion was slashed from the Pell budget. Republicans in the House, under a budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but rejected by the Senate, would have slashed… |
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| UC tuition hits $12,192 - a 9.6 percent increase | University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 9.6 percent - on top of an 8 percent increase already approved for this fall - over the objections of students who said they'll drown in debt. At the same meeting in San Francisco, the regents also gave large pay… |
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| CSU tuition now twice 2007 cost | California State University trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition by 12 percent this fall over the objections of protesters who said middle-class and undocumented students will be priced out of a college education. It is the second increase in less than a year, making this year's… |
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| Skagit Valley College tuition increases 13 percent, limits put on Running Start | Skagit Valley College and Running Start students on Whidbey Island may need to start penny pinching. |
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| UW regents approve largest-ever tuition increase | The University of Washington raised tuition and fees by the largest dollar amount in the school's history Thursday, hiking tuition for in-state undergraduates by nearly $2,000. |
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| UW regents approve biggest-ever tuition increase | Tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates at the University of Washington will jump by 20 percent, to $10,574 this fall, the school's Board of Regents decided Thursday. |
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| Fighting for college financial aid rises | College counselors statewide are encouraging students to continue to seek financial aid. Students' biggest concern is whether the financial assistance they will receive in the fall will keep pace with tuition increases, said Madeline Jeffs, vice president for student services at Columbia… |
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| Community college tuition going up 12 percent | Tuition at the state's two-year schools will increase by an average of 12 percent with a vote today that adds about $400 to the cost of a year of full-time tuition. |
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| In brief: EWU trustees OK spending plan | Eastern Washington University’s board of trustees approved the 2011-’13 spending plan that increases tuition 11 percent and permanently cuts $24.9 million from the university’s budget, officials announced this week. |