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New Agreement to Offer Higher Education Access in All Maryland Prisons

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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the University System of Maryland (USM) signed an agreement in April that will allow incarcerated individuals at all state correctional institutions to have access to a college education. Tuition costs will be covered in full by Pell Grants.

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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

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The culture of higher education is steeped in knowing. In 2014, our enrollment had been flat—if slightly dropping—for four years when our new president decided we should turn it around with either a tuition reset or a revised financial aid strategy. We surround ourselves with great data which we refresh on a cycle.

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West Virginia University May Cut 32 Majors, 7% of Faculty

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Officials cited low and declining enrollment in foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics across higher education and at the university in deciding to cut the program. Gee, who has led the school since 2014, recently announced plans to step down as the school's president after his contract ends in 2025.

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College Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Grow With Little Oversight

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Rewind to 2008, when Congress last reauthorized the Higher Education Act. From the perspective of colleges, creating programs for students with intellectual disabilities adds a new bucket of tuition dollars, Murray said. What Are These Programs? Let's face it: Colleges need students that have the money to come," she said.

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Dartmouth Announces Families Making Under $125K Pay Nothing, Thanks to Historic Gift

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Dartmouth is expanding financial aid, ensuring families making under $125,000 a year pay nothing for their student's education starting next academic year. Many colleges are removing either tuition barriers or providing completely free education to students from lower-income families, undocumented students, Native American students, and more.

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California Community College Offering Free Courses to Incarcerated Juveniles

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The College of the Desert is launching a new program that will provide tuition-free college courses to incarcerated students. million grant from the California Community Colleges' Rising Scholars Network, will offer on-site general education classes for incarcerated students at Indio Juvenile Hall. The program, funded by a $1.5

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How to Get Into Johns Hopkins: Strategies and Essays That Worked

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In 2014, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures was founded to help translate research done within the Johns Hopkins’ ecosystem into the market. News & World Report: 7 (tie) Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education: 11 Where is Johns Hopkins? tuition, room, board, and fees) is $86,065.