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PR Newswire
College Board Names David Coleman New President
NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Trustees of the College Board today announced that David Coleman will become the organization's ninth president and CEO. Coleman succeeds Governor Gaston Caperton who is stepping down after 13 years a...
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University Business
CU-Boulder May Merge Music School With New Arts, Media College
While in the early stages, the University of Colorado is considering merging its College of Music with a new, interdisciplinary college that would include arts, media and design. Last month, a committee tasked with looking into the future of journalism a...
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Getting Smart
College Completion: Still a Big Deal, So Let’s Make It Easier and Cheaper
The return on investment from American colleges is dropping—a combination of insane cost inflation and a crummy job market. To be fair, many colleges are giving kids what they want—beautiful campuses, restaurants, and spas—and parents, lenders, and alumn...
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Business Wire
Career Education Corporation Reports Results for First Quarter 2012
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) today reported total revenue of $434.1 million, and net income of $52.1 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012 compared to total revenue of $531.7...
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Daily Camera
First class to get inaugural CU-Boulder pre-med certificate
The University of Colorado is expecting about 20,000 attendees at Friday's spring graduation ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field, 2400 Colorado Ave., on the CU-Boulder campus. Stadium gates will open at 7 a.m., and the university recommen...
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U.S. News & World Report
Colleges Can Reduce Risky Private Student Loan Borrowing, Study Shows
Your Student Loan Ranger has been talking quite a bit recently about the importance of disclosing information to student loan borrowers. Last week, we discussed how the focus on the interest rate increase on subsidized Stafford loans—which we don't favor...
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Denver Post
Colorado community colleges have $3 billion economic impact, study says
The Colorado Community College System generates more than $3 billion every year in economic benefits to the state and local communities, according to a study released Tuesday. Community college students in the state receive an annual return of 11 percent...
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Daily Camera
Guest opinion: Don't let student loan rates soar
A well-known Professor of International Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder once said that 1,000 years from now, the United States of America would be remembered for three things: baseball, rock and roll, and the modern research university. The...
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9NEWS.com
Study shows community colleges' impact on economy: $3 billion
DENVER - JohnPaul Magno is the example. He used to work as a tattoo artist and a customer service representative. After he lost work during the recession, he looked for new direction. "I was competing for jobs with people that are a lot more qualified th...
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Denver Post
Colorado community colleges contribute $3 billion a year in economic impact
The Colorado Community College System generates more than $3 billion every year in economic benefits to the state and local communities, according to a study released today. Community college students in the state receive an annual return of 11 percent o...
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Smartmoney.com
How to Get a Bigger Financial-Aid Offer
It's that terrifying time for seniors -- high school seniors, that is: the nail-biting moment when millions of them find out whether they've been accepted or rejected by their college of choice. But if that in-or-out verdict appears final, there's anothe...
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Freshnews.com
Comcast Awards 57 Colorado High School Seniors with Leaders and Achievers® College Scholarships
DENVER -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Comcast Foundation today announced the 2012-13 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards in Colorado. A total of $75,000 in scholarship funding will be awarded to 57 Colorado students, wit...
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Duluth News Tribune
Why student loan rates matter
Katie is a student in elementary education at Minnesota State University-Mankato who started out with a good plan to pay for her college education, including work study and some help from her parents. Katie’s well-laid plan fell apart when her mother suf...
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The Lantern
Student loans not hot topic during Obama’s OSU visit
President Barack Obama did not address student loan interest rates in his speech at Ohio State, an issue he discussed at three other universities just days before Saturday’s speech. Obama kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday with the “Ready to Go...
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The Portland Maine Press Herald
Cities look to nonprofits for help with cash flow
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass. Tara Kane Prendergast, a senior from Colorado and one o...
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