Financing November 2019

Pay For Parking Tickets With PB&J?

The University of Alaska Anchorage is letting anyone who has parking ticket fines to cover or reduce their fines by donating peanut butter and jelly for students in need.

Financing November 2019

2020 Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program

The 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program will be awarding approximately 70 grants (up to $500 each) to teachers and librarians in public schools and libraries.

Financing November 2019

UT Opens Free Tuition Applications

The UT Promise scholarship is giving qualifying Tennessee residents who attend one of four UT campuses a chance at free tuition. Applications are now open.

Financing November 2019

US Productivity Falls—1st Time Since 2015

U.S. productivity was down for the first time in nearly four years. In addition, economic growth is slowing in part because the stimulus from Trump administration tax cuts is fading.

Financing November 2019

School To Pay At Least $2.5M For 2020 Debate

The 2020 presidential debate that occurred on Oct. 22 at the University of Michigan is going to cost the school at least $2.5 million. The school is going to use donor funds.

Financing November 2019

UWSP Gets Largest Gift In 125-Year History

UWSP has received the largest individual gift in their 125-year history from a Port Edwards teacher who devoted her career to helping children read.

Financing November 2019

WVU, Duquesne Face Off For Charity

Duquesne and West Virginia University are having a basketball game with the proceeds going towards those impacted by the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.

Financing November 2019

CSUDH Receives $13M For STEM

The Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received $13 million.

Financing October 2019

Employers Help Pay Off Student Loans

About 8% of employers are offering to help repay the student loans of their workers, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. This number has doubled from 2018.

Financing October 2019

RWU Repeals New Student Tuition Freeze

Roger Williams University is ending a tuition freeze for new students that will go into effect for students who entered the university in this fall.

Financing October 2019

NC Restoring Law Regarding Scholarships

A law that would allow the University of North Carolina system campuses to award full athletic scholarship to out-of-state students is one step closer to being restored.

Financing October 2019

RCC Receives $3M Developing HSI Grant

Rockland Community College has received the largest grant in their 60-year history from the U.S. Department of Education.