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Continuing protests puts a spotlight on racial disparities in US universities At Columbia based University of Missouri, racism is pretty obvious causing a lot of concern. Both the President of the system and the chancellor of the campus resigned....	Karen
Education Reform – where do we stand now? Obama made it clear that the course Department of Education has been taking so far would continue in his final year of the term even after Arne Duncan the secretary....	Staff
Federal Student Aid must reach more number of students, says Obama Steps have been taken by our President to make it easier for students to apply for Federal student aid. Access to billions of dollars is provided by the free application....	Karen
Update on free community college proposal President Obama has been stepping up his efforts to make community colleges free for students across the country. According to the White House, free tuition message....	Kathy
Does American higher education need a thorough overhaul? Absolutely, says Marco Rubio, a US Florida Senator. He emphatically stresses on the immediate need to restructure the fundamentally broken and outdated higher education....	Staff
Obama continues to push for free higher education in community colleges Recently, President Obama stressed on the importance of providing free community college education access to all Americans. He said that even as the Democrats and....	Tom
Joe Biden echoes Obama’s higher education affordability plan When Joe Biden took the stage at the Miami Dade College, he sounded exactly like a politician with an agenda. Sounding just like an election campaigner, he touched....	Jamie K
Time to lend our support to students in community colleges As an American graduate, we all no doubt remember those four years we dedicated to college. Life in college is definitely unmatched with hours of spending enjoyable....	Karen
Simplifying Federal Regulations for Colleges - is it possible? Seeking to bring about a sweeping change in our country’s higher education landscape, both major party Senators continue to promote efforts to make federal....	Karen
Common Higher Education Mistakes Students and Policymakers Must Avoid When it comes to discussion on price of colleges, there is a strong disconnect of late. Some people argue that low income students can benefit from practically free....	Staff
What is happening to our President’s push for free community colleges? Even though there has been a lot of talk about making colleges debt free by the aspiring successors from the Democratic party there is no indication of our President’s....	Tom
Do I automatically get good quality education if I pay high tuition fees? There is no disputing the fact that the cost of higher education in our country is rising continuously. More number of people today are always stressing about how....	Jamie K
What we must do to turn around our ailing higher education system Today, without doubt, our higher education system lacks the credibility it showcased about a decade back. There are many obvious reasons for this including certain....	Staff
Urgent need to narrow down the gap between aspirations and outcome Widening disparities between rich and poor students in the field of higher education were startlingly revealed in two different articles published recently. There....	Staff
Reworking American higher education – is it even possible? Just listen to our presidential candidates carefully. All you can hear from them are lofty promises of a better future through growth and jobs. What we do realize....	Jamie K
When students return to colleges, where are the committed teachers? Our president recently announced his revolutionary community college plan. His intentions are good and the plan as such may actually work well. However, what is....	Staff
Apprenticeship – Will it make an impact on our higher education? Today, in our country, there is a definite rebirth of apprenticeship. This fact is confirmed in the American Council on Education report. How far is apprenticeship....	Kathy
2015 State of the Union President address synopsis In his State of the Union address, our President put forth quite a few glaring issues. He started his address with a question – if only a part of us do well,....	Staff
President Obama stresses on improving higher education affordability  The aim of our president is to make sure that each and every American willing to study is able to access and afford higher education. Obama said in his weekly....	Tom
Performance based funding and its implications There are increased efforts by our administration to enhance student progress and to improve completion rate by rewarding higher education institutions with performance....	Tom