Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
DC Shuttle: Presidents Urge Immigration Reform; Report Notes Leveling Enrollment and Funding Cuts
by The New England Council
March 11, 2013
Presidents' open immigration letter. On Tuesday, university presidents from Arizona State University, Cornell University and Miami Dade College sent a letter to the leadership of more than 1,200 institutions of higher education, calling on them to encourage immigration reform. The letter asked schools to hold events highlighting immigration reform as essential to innovation. The letter ...
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Spring Forward: Prez of Rwanda Among Speakers Headed to NE Campuses
by John O. Harney
March 11, 2013
Rwanda President Paul Kagame will speak at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater on Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m., to mark the launch of the university's Genocide and Holocaust Education Initiative.
**** Journalist and author Bob Woodward will speak at Eastern Connecticut State University's Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. ... Read MoreTags: Ghana, immigration, lectures, Rwanda, Woodward | No Comments
DC Shuttle: More Haggling Over How to Pay for Student Loan Interest Rate Extension, College Access
by The New England Council
June 4, 2012
In a bid to break the stalemate over offsets for student loan interest rate legislation, Republican leadership in the House and Senate proposed two alternative proposals on Thursday. While general agreement exists on the desire to extend the current 3.4% interest rate on federal student loans for one year, delaying an ...
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DC Shuttle: STEM’ing Immigration; Measuring Higher Ed Productivity; Funding Upward Bound
by The New England Council
May 21, 2012
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced legislation Wednesday to create a new category of student visas for those studying in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The bill would create a new category of non-immigrant visa for foreign students pursuing a master's degree or doctorate in the ...
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New Kind of Ellis Island as Second-Generation Immigrants Land on College Campuses
by Marcia Drew Hohn and Denzil Mohammed
February 28, 2012
Demographics in American higher education are changing dramatically. A recent study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) reveals that 11.3 million people ages 16 to 26 (one in four) are first- and second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the report continues, between 1995 and 2010, immigrant-origin youth accounted for half of all growth in the nation’s population ...
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DC Shuttle: College Affordability Lists, DREAM Act … and Other Higher Ed News from Washington
by The New England Council
July 5, 2011
The Education Department released College Affordability and Transparency Lists on Thursday. The 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act requires the Education Department to produce six lists, with three examining tuition and fees and three examining each institution's average price of attendance minus grants and scholarships. The lists are also divided by type of institution (public/private, two-year/four-year, ...
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Study Finds In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students Boosts College Enrollment, Lowers High School Dropout Rates
by John O. Harney
May 19, 2011
Should states allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public campuses?
If the goal is to increase college enrollment and reduce the number of high school dropouts, the answer is yes, according to a new study by researchers at Roger Williams University's Latino Policy Institute.
The study shows in-state tuition would result in a 31% ...
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DC Shuttle: Dreaming and other Higher Ed News from Washington
by The New England Council
May 16, 2011
On Friday, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) introduced the first (H.R. 1891) of a series of education reform bills planned by the House Education and Workforce Committee. Congressman Hunter chairs the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, and his bill is aimed at reducing wasteful spending in K-12 education. The ...
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DREAM Act: What It Could Mean for Waking New England?
by Darrell P. Aaron
November 30, 2010
According to a June poll by First Focus, an advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families a priority in federal policy, 70% of Americans support the DREAM Act. Rallies are occurring all across the country. There is even a hunger strike in Texas to help get the bill passed. In addition, legislators from the ...
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Undocumented Immigrants and College: Tear Down the Walls
by Monnica Chan
February 24, 2013
Immigration reform is gathering steam. In late January, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators announced an agreement on principles for immigration reform, that may include paths for undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship. Based on earlier immigration reform proposals, these pathways to “earning” citizenship will likely include earning a postsecondary degree after a high school diploma ...
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