Legal January 2019

Top 4 Student Debt Relief News Stories

Career Education Corp., which owns two for-profit college chains, is erasing around $500 million in student debt as part of a settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Hispanic Community January 2019

SUNY And CUNY Support Puerto Rico

SUNY and CUNY have deployed 50 volunteers to clean, restore and rebuild homes in Puerto Rico. The schools and UNICEF USA are expanding Trauma-Informed Mental Health Support.

Hispanic Community January 2019

Mythical Terrorist Tide From Mexico

Although the State Department issued a report discrediting it, President Trump and his officials have continued to state that terror suspects are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico.

Global January 2019

Air Travel During The Shutdown

Will there be flight delays? How will TSA respond to no-shows? What about traffic controllers? Who is inspecting planes? The following article explores air travel and the shutdown.

Technology January 2019

NMSU Receives $350K For VR Lab

La Cruces-based Electronic Caregiver is giving two New Mexico State University professors $350,000 to establish an augmented and virtual reality laboratory.

Global January 2019

Trump And The Disputed Border Crisis

President Donald Trump made his first prime-time speech Tuesday night where he declared a crisis on the border. The following is the Associated Press’ fact check of that speech.

Financing January 2019

New Sports Scholarships At Midland U

In an effort to boost enrollment, Midland University is offering new sports scholarships in 32 competitive activities including powerlifting, esports and shotgun sports.

Global January 2019

Attending 2 Schools At The Same Time?

With their Degree Partnership Program, Oregon State University-Cascades and Central Oregon Community College are allowing students to be admitted to both schools at the same time.

Legal January 2019

Follow Up: Student Debt Relief

This week Hispanic Outlook ran a roundup of articles about a student debt settlement involving 48 states and the District of Columbia. The following is about the Nebraska settlement.

Financing January 2019

MSU Creating New Nassar Victims Fund

MSU has stated that it is creating a new fund for the victims of Larry Nassar. This comes months after a similar program was suspended because of fraud allegations.

Financing January 2019

Grants To Increase Teacher Diversity

The Murphy Administration is planning to encourage teacher diversity through New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) $750,000 “Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline” grants.

Global January 2019

Shutdown, Grants, NY; Top 5 Headlines

How is air travel affected by the government shutdown? What grants are helping to increase teacher diversity in New Jersey? What New York schools are reaching out to Puerto Rico?

Global January 2019

Shutdown Ties For Longest On Record

The current government shutdown has now tied with a government shutdown in 1996 for the longest shutdown on record. Some 800,000 federal workers will not be receiving paychecks.

Financing January 2019

School Defers Tuition In Shutdown

Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey is deferring tuition payments for its Coast Guard students who have been impacted by the partial government shutdown.

Global January 2019

MI Universities’ Enrollment Down

Reports from MLive.com have found that enrollment at public universities in Michigan has decline largely because there are less college-age students in Michigan and nationally.