Lack of State and Local Funding is the Biggest Challenge Facing U.S. Community Colleges (Student Loan)

Lack of State and Local Funding is the Biggest Challenge Facing U.S. Community Colleges
Presidents and other key leaders of American community colleges are confident that their institutions provide students with a high-quality education, but a majority consider a lack of state and local funding their single most important challenge, according to a study administered by the independent research firm Rockbridge Associates, in cooperation with education funding leader Sallie Mae and

Baker College leads Michigan in defaults on student loans
FLINT - A private college criticized by lawmakers for taking a large share of a state tuition grant program while producing a low number of graduates also is tops in Michigan in student loan defaults, records show.

Campus Door(R) Announces $100,000 `Great Futures Start Here(SM)' Scholarship
High School Seniors and College Students take note: Campus Door, Inc. today announced it has created a $100,000 scholarship fund.

Rell awaits film, business tax incentives
HARTFORD - A business incentive package designed to provide relief to the film industry is halfway to Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who is waiting to sign the measure into law.

Predicting The Unpredictable -- Planning Future Hospital Beds, Classrooms, Jail Cells Etc.
There were almost 900 patients waiting for care in hospital hallways or emergency rooms at one point in 1990 because the city's hospitals had more patients than they had beds for. Doctors said that hundreds more people avoided treatment altogether, knowing there was no room for them.