2017年2月6日星期一

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Free tuition? Not the same as free college, students say

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 10:02 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College student leaders Truth Opaleye, left, and Florencia Salinas walk across campus for class, in New York. Salinas, who despite having her tuition nearly covered in full through scholarships and grants, still expects to graduate with a daunting $50,000 in debt. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They don't mean to sound ungrateful, but ... New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation's most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn't mean free college.


California Students Face Competition for College Options

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 05:30 AM PST

When I think about California State Universities, the first words that come to mind are 'over impacted,'" says Andersson, who is now in her sophomore year at Clark University, a National Liberal Arts College in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Southern California native says it wasn't just the CSU system she found discouraging, but the whole application and enrollment process to attend a University of California school. Experts say California's growing population has outpaced the design of its public higher education system.
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