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Beyond the 2010 NAICU Annual Meeting


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Poll: Public attitudes toward US census improving

Associated Press

March 16, 2010

The Pew Research Center poll shows marked improvement in public interest since January.  Still, the new poll highlighted lingering apathy toward the head count, particularly among young adults.  Broken down by age, adults 18-29 were least likely to say they would definitely or probably participate, at 71 percent. That's compared to 86 percent for adults 30-49; 92 percent for those 50-64; and 89 percent for people 65 and older.

A new kind of March Madness

The Hill - Opinion Piece

March 16, 2010

Despite being swamped with debt, class loads, and an increasingly dire job prospects, on top of being the second most uninsured demographic for healthcare, college students have mobilized a coast-to-coast grassroots campaign to pass student aid reform.  National in breadth and substantive in depth, the campaign is moving from street protests to the Halls of Congress.

NCAA fouls on grad-rate commitment

Boston Globe - Column

March 16, 2010

Until the NCAA bans the likes of Maryland, Texas, Nevada Las Vegas, and Kentucky, the concept of "student-athlete'' is corrupted beyond repair. At these schools, the athletes are semipros who should be paid.  There is a huge gap between those teams and and the teams that take graduation seriously.

What if a college education just isn't for everyone?

USA Today

March 16, 2010

Long before President Obama vowed last year that America will "have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world" by 2020, the premium placed on going to college was firmly embedded in the American psyche.  And yet, there's an undercurrent of concern about a group of students - sometimes called "the forgotten half," a phrase coined 22 years ago by social scientists studying at-risk young people - who, for whatever reason, do not think college is for them.

How US veterans adjust from battlefield to classroom

BBC News, U.K.

March 16, 2010

Under the latest GI bill, many returning veterans who could not previously afford to go to college now have the option and are choosing to take it up.  This means that campuses are increasingly focusing on the particular needs of veterans.  The support networks that are already there for students are being bumped up to provide specific services for them, and many faculties are working with veteran associations to ensure that the new students get all the help they need.

Taking Sides

Inside Higher Ed

March 16, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to consider a higher education case that has largely been seen as pitting the rights of gay students against the rights of religious students. But on Monday, the deadline for various groups to file briefs in the case, major higher education associations entered the dispute, arguing that the case should really be seen as about academic freedom.

Indian Cabinet Backs Foreign Schools

New York Times

March 16, 2010

The Indian cabinet approved a bill on Monday that would allow foreign universities to set up campuses in the country, a major break with a previous policy in which outside institutions were seen as a threat to the education system.  The bill would require universities to invest a minimum of about $11 million and would prohibit them from repatriating profits.  But the bill would also eliminate a provision in the current law that prohibits a foreign institution from conferring degrees in India.

Federal 'yellow ribbon' program helps area veterans attend private colleges

Mobile, Ala., Press-Register

March 15, 2010

Spring Hill College and the University of Mobile are among the 1,200 four-year private schools nationwide in the Yellow Ribbon program.  Participants have doubled since the benefits program began in August, according to Jo Schuda, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs in Washington, D.C.  Schools agree to cover up to 50 percent of costs above the public university cap, and the federal government matches that aid dollar-for-dollar.

Stop Washington's student-loan takeover

Tampa, Fla., Tribune - Editorial

March 15, 2010

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says removing the middleman - his term for the private sector - from giving student loans will save the nation about $87 billion over 10 years, money that could be used to provide more Pell grants to poor students.  It sounds nice, but we don't buy it.  Any savings, we suspect, would quickly evaporate once the federal government had the student loan business to itself.  Look for inflated administrative costs, poor service and increased defaults.

The Shrunken Student Aid Bill

Inside Higher Ed

March 15, 2010

As Congressional Democrats and the White House begin a last-ditch push to pass legislation to overhaul health care this week, it remains far from certain that a plan to revamp the student loan programs will be merged into the health legislation. While the odds of that happening are better than not, it is still possible that Democrat leaders will decide to ditch or postpone action on the student aid measure if they conclude that it could discourage even a few key lawmakers from supporting the health care bill.
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