Global January 2018 Premium

Job Fair Hopes to Link Job Seekers with Green Careers [Education News]

Unity College in Maine is hosting the Environmental Career Fair on its campus on March 6. There will be more than 100 companies and organizations at the event including conservation groups, private sector companies and public agencies that work in fields such as law enforcement and wildlife and habitat protection.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Puerto Ricans Face Foreclosure Wave as Moratoriums Expire [Beyond Education]

Confusion and panic is spreading across Puerto Rico as the majority of moratorium agreements expire this month, with many people discovering they never qualified for the moratorium in the first place or struggling to obtain extensions because they cannot pay what is owed to the banks.

Financing January 2018

UC Delays Vote on Raising Tuition Until May [Latest Education News]

The University of California has delayed a vote on a proposed tuition increase after criticism from Gov. Jerry Brown and impassioned pleas from students who urged the UC governing board to push harder for state funding and not raise the cost of their education for the second consecutive year.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Trump Says He's Open to Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers [Beyond Education]

President Donald Trump says he's open to an immigration plan that would provide a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of DREAMers. But immediately after Trump spoke, a senior White House official stressed the idea of a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers was just a "discussion point" in the plan that the White House intended to preview to the House and Senate.

Hispanic Community January 2018

New University of Minnesota Higher Education Scholarship Fund to Help Immigrant Students

A new scholarship fund at the University of Minnesota is aimed at supporting immigrant students whose legal status may be at risk. University of Minnesota's Immigration Response Team launched the Dream Fund earlier this month to help students whose ability to pay for college may be affected by their legal status, Minnesota Daily reported.

Financing January 2018

UC Proposes Raising Tuition for Second Consecutive Year [Latest Education News]

The University of California is proposing to raise tuition at its 10 campuses for the second consecutive year, a move it says will compensate for state funding cuts at a time of record-high enrollment. Many students have vocally opposed the increase saying higher tuition puts too much burden on students already struggling to pay for their educations.

Hispanic Community January 2018

Top Democrat Rescinds Offer of $25 Billion for Trump's Wall [Beyond Education]

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation.

Arts and Media January 2018

Disney Offering Staff $1,000 Bonuses, New Education Funding

The Walt Disney Co. will give more than 125,000 eligible employees a one-time $1,000 cash bonus and invest $50 million in an education funding program. Nearly 88,000 hourly employees will be eligible for the education program which will cover tuition costs. Along with the initial $50 million investment, the Burbank, California company will provide up to $25 million annually for the program.

Global January 2018

Deal That Broke Senate Impasse: Kids' Health but No DACA [Beyond Education]

A deal was hastily assembled and approved Monday to break through the Senate stalemate over immigration and border security that shut down the government for three days. Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a stopgap spending measure. In return, Senate Republican leaders promised to soon take up immigration and other prickly issues.

Global January 2018

Yale Fraternities Delay Rush Events Amid Push to Allow Women [Latest Education News]

Several fraternity chapters at Yale University have postponed recruiting events amid a push by student activists to make the social organizations open to both men and women, an umbrella group said Monday. The fraternities put off rush events scheduled for this past weekend when students ineligible for membership indicated they planned to attend.

Global January 2018

As Shutdown Eases Federal Workers Fear Prospect of Another [Beyond Education]

The swift steps ending a messy and expensive government shutdown has enabled hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return to work Tuesday, but some say they fear they could find themselves in limbo again in a few more weeks. Congress sped toward moving to reopen government after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations on Monday afternoon.

Arts and Media January 2018

List of Nominees for the 90th Annual Academy Awards [Beyond Education]

The 90th annual Academy Awards nominees for the categories Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Directing, Foreign Language Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Animated Feature Film, Production Design, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Documentary Feature, Documentary (short subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.