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Federal Judge Blocks Missouri College From Drug Testing Students
The Associated Press reports a federal judge blocked a Missouri technical college from drug-testing its students on Friday for a second time, following a higher court’s decision reversing a previous...
Published on March 25, 2013Private Donation Funds Scholarships For Undocumented Immigrants At UC Berkeley
A private foundation’s $1 million donation to the University of California, Berkeley will fund scholarships for 200 undocumented immigrants. California allows qualified undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at...
Published on December 13, 2012Zero Students Opt For University Of Colorado's Gun Dorm
The University of Colorado has found no takers for its newly-created dorms for students with concealed-carry permits. Though both its Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses began offering segregated dorms for...
Published on November 26, 2012Washington Post Survey Shows 59 Percent Support Maryland's Dream Act
Echoing an earlier poll, a new survey from the Washington Post shows that 59 percent of Maryland residents support the state law that would allow eligible undocumented immigrants to pay...
Published on October 19, 2012North Carolina CEO Sets Up Scholarship Program For Students Who Are Undocumented Immigrants
With about 325,000 undocumented immigrants in the state, North Carolina has the ninth-largest undocumented population in the U.S. The state would see a $7.8 billion economic boost if Congress passed...
Published on October 10, 2012POLL: 60 Percent Of Marylanders Support State DREAM Act
..., campaign manager for the pro-DREAM Act group Educating...
Published on September 21, 2012GOP Rep. Calls Federal Student Loans A 'Slippery Slope' That Could Lead To Holocaust
... Millhiser has noted, federal spending on education... go into debt in order to get a college education... federal education funding away from students, giving...
Published on September 06, 2012GOP Platform Calls For Cutting Off Federal Funds From Colleges That Offer In-State Tuition To Undocumented Immigrants
Republicans this week are expected to approve the “most conservative platform in modern history” at their convention in Tampa Bay. The positions outlined cover everything from promoting anti-abortion measures with...
Published on August 28, 2012Colorado University Offers Tuition Break To Eligible Undocumented Immigrants
... decision helps make higher education more affordable...
Published on August 21, 2012University of Colorado Moves Gun-Packing Students Off Campus
The University of Colorado banned all firearms from its campus in 1994. Last March, however, the state Supreme Court overturned that policy, saying it violated the Colorado law that allows...
Published on August 17, 2012NY Lawmakers Pass A Bill To Help Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Pay For College
... and Education for Alien Minors — or DREAM — Fund...
Published on May 02, 2012California Spends Six Times More On Prison Inmates Than On College Students
... to spend more on prisons than they do on education... in 2011 but just $5.7 billion on higher education...
Published on April 05, 2012Arizona Official Considering Banning Ethnic Studies In Universities Too
... education official sees university-level Mexican... program that educated the public school teachers... groups and education activists have protested the move...
Published on April 02, 2012Georgia Senate Votes To Ban Undocumented Immigrants From Attending State Colleges
The Georgia Senate passed a bill 34-19 that would ban undocumented immigrants from attending any of Georgia’s 60 public colleges, even though state college officials have already said the bill...
Published on March 06, 2012Democrats Reintroduce Bill To Allow In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants In Colorado Senate
...-6 party line vote in the education committee. Democrats...
Published on January 13, 201218 State Attorneys General Are Investigating For-Profit Colleges
Campus Progress’ Katie Andriulli finds Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway explaining that 18 states are involved in a joint investigation into the for-profit college industry. “Earlier this year, news reports...
Published on July 12, 2011
