Category Archives: College

Obama unveils plan to control college costs

By doris | Published: January 28, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — President Barack Obama unveiled a new college affordability plan Friday, proposing to further expand student financial aid while providing more assistance to schools that hold tuition down and cutting aid to those that do not. The plan is part of a populist White House pitch to middle class families [...]

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Obama pledges help for illegal immigrant grads

By doris | Published: May 1, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo MIAMI – Stepping up his demand to change the nation’s immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Friday promised graduates at a vast, multicultural community college that he’ll keep working to help students not legally in the U.S. to become American citizens. The president’s renewed endorsement of the DREAM Act, which has [...]

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Obama to Congress: make college tax credit permanent

By doris | Published: October 21, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON, Oct 13 — As part of an effort to boost the number of American college graduates, President Obama on Wednesday asked Congress to make permanent a tax credit to help make higher education more affordable. The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) was part of the stimulus program passed soon after [...]

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Poll: Tea Party backers wealthier, educated

By doris | Published: April 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS [...]

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Obama advertises tax breaks ahead of Tax Day

By doris | Published: April 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Just ahead of Tax Day, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take advantage of tax credits for first-time homebuyers, college students and others. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to promote some of the tax benefits in last year’s stimulus bill, saying they could save [...]

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Student loan change: What’s in it for you?

By doris | Published: March 31, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Bigger grants for college students who need them. Relaxed payment terms for students with loans. More money for community colleges and historically black institutions. The law that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday could mean big changes for hard-pressed students and colleges as the government becomes the primary issuer of [...]

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N.J. to vote on bill to let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition

By doris | Published: January 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Both houses of the New Jersey legislature plan to vote Monday on a controversial bill backed by Democrats that would qualify illegal immigrants for in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Supporters hope to pass the measure before Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine leaves office. Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie, a [...]

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Obama announces education help for unemployed

By doris | Published: May 11, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The president outlined a plan under which the Department of Education will send colleges legal guidance, encouraging them to increase financial aid packages for the unemployed so they can enroll in educational and training programs while keeping their unemployment benefits. Under Obama’s initiative, colleges would consider a person’s current financial situation [...]

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Obama Vows To Reform College Loan System

By doris | Published: April 25, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (AP) President Barack Obama on Friday renewed his call for the government to stop backing private loans to college students and replace them with direct financial aid to young people, a challenge to a decades-old program with strong congressional support. Obama’s plan to eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan program [...]

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