May 3, 2016 Celebrities donate $500,000 in scholarships to students in need at UNCF 'An Evening of Stars' Anthony Anderson can recall when he worried about scrounging up money to pay for the rest of his college tuition, food and housing while attending Howard University.
May 3, 2016 UC President Napolitano postpones proposed tuition increase for summer term as talks continue University of California President Janet Napolitano is postponing a proposed tuition increase as a good faith gesture stemming from her ongoing negotiations with Gov. Jerry Brown to resolve their standoff over higher education funding.
May 3, 2016 Yale students protest work requirement for those receiving financial aid A requirement that Yale undergraduates on financial aid pay up to $6,400 annually toward their education is coming under protest from students who argue it creates a divide along class lines and keeps them from participating more in campus life.
May 3, 2016 Sweet Briar College in Virginia to close in August, cites major 'financial challenges' Sweet Briar College — a small, private school for women near the Blue Ridge Mountains — will shut down this summer because of financial issues.
May 3, 2016 Mick Jagger establishes fashion scholarship in honor of the late L'Wren Scott Mick Jagger has established a scholarship in honor of his late girlfriend, fashion designer L'Wren Scott.
May 3, 2016 University of California sees record number of applications despite threat of higher tuition The threat of higher tuition is not keeping prospective students from applying to the University of California in record numbers, UC officials said.
May 2, 2016 Obama administration announces Pell Grants for prisoners Some federal and state prisoners could begin receiving student aid to take college courses -- while still behind bars -- as early as the 2016-2017 school year.
May 2, 2016 Taxpayers getting an education? Obama student loan forgiveness program swells by $22B The cost of President Obama's student loan forgiveness program has ballooned by nearly $22 billion over initial projections, raising alarm among budget hawks -- even as the government promises taxpayers eventually will come out ahead.
April 15, 2016 Los Angeles mayor supports free year of college proposal for high school grads Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday he supports the goal of offering one free year of college education to all of those who graduate from the city’s school district.
April 12, 2016 Report: US didn't find trouble at college before it failed A report by the Center for American Progress says federal education officials failed to detect trouble at one of the country's largest for-profit colleges in the years before it collapsed.
