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Fewer undocumented students have DACA. California’s colleges want to help, even if the options are limited
Most undocumented college students in California are not eligible for DACA anymore, creating new dilemmas for students and colleges around employment, financial aid and the threat of deportation.
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New JSU president emphasizes accountability and financial sustainability
Thompson has spent much of his first four days as president getting to know students and the campus.
Chatham cut faculty compensation to trim its deficit. Now, some faculty want to unionize.
Professors at the financially troubled university say they feel “less and less involved” in decisions — which is why they want bargaining power, and also why they might have a legal leg to stand on.
Cleveland State doubles down on ‘transcript trap’
Higher education has lots of practices and policies in place. One of them is called transcript withholding. It even has its own nickname, of sorts: the “transcript trap.” Here’s how that works. If a college student owes a school money…
3 million Floridians started college but didn’t finish. Some need a push.
So-called “noncompleters” are the focus of a program that urges students to finally get that degree.
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