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Universities of Wisconsin president proposes 3.75% tuition increase

Mar. 28, 2024 11:28 AM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system would increase 3.75% next school year under a recommendation announced Thursday by UW President Jay Rothman. The proposal is up for a vote of approval by the UW Board of Regents on...

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

Mar. 27, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

Minneapolis Star Tribune. March 22, 2024. Editorial: What’s that degree going to be worth? DEED tool can provide guidance for degree-seekers in Minnesota. What’s the point of a higher education? There was a time when college beginners, once known...

Illinois helps schools weather critical teaching shortage, but steps remain, study says

Mar. 26, 2024 17:43 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois schools have taken steps to weather an acute shortage of teachers with the state's help, but a survey released Tuesday points to ways to improve training, support and incentives for classroom instructors. The annual study by the Illinois...

Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error

Mar. 22, 2024 19:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this...

FAFSA delays prompt California lawmakers to extend deadline for student financial aid applications

Mar. 21, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature on Thursday voted to give prospective college students more time to apply for two of the state's largest financial aid programs after a glitch in the federal government's application system threatened to block up to 100,000 people from getting...

78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes

Mar. 21, 2024 10:08 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The Education Department is canceling the borrowers’...

South Carolina House votes to expand voucher program. It's fate in Senate is less clear

Mar. 20, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House gave key approval Wednesday to a bill expanding a program allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private and home-school education even as a pilot plan is just starting and the state's highest court is considering whether it is...

$6,500 school vouchers coming to Georgia as bill gets final passage and heads to governor

Mar. 20, 2024 17:55 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators gave final approval Wednesday to a plan to create a $6,500 voucher funding for private school tuition and home schooling, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. Senators voted 33-21 along party lines to approve changes that the...

Millennial Money: Navigating the SSI ‘marriage penalty’

Mar. 19, 2024 09:00 AM EDT

Jennifer Updike and Lewis Fredette, of Auburn, New York, got engaged in December 2023. The couple, who are both on the autism spectrum, look forward to moving in together soon and tying the knot in a religious ceremony. But because they both receive Supplemental Security Income —...

Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor's education package veto

Mar. 18, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public schools overwhelmingly passed the Legislature. Monday's vote during a joint session of...