Higher Education
California Higher Education Faces Cuts
To protest budget cuts and layoffs, thousands of college students, faculty and staff went to the state Capital to protest. Legislature is proposing tuition increase, and layoffs to counteract the states education budget shortfall.
Protesters who marched from West Sacramento to the capitol Monday morning said community colleges are only being funded about two [...]
University of Alabama Huntsville Students Get Heard
Students from the University of Alabama Huntsville got an opportunity to speak with state lawmakers this week. The topic being tuition increases and budget cuts.
Higher Education Day is a chance for students from colleges and universities across Alabama to make enough to noise to be heard by their representatives. This year was especially important [...]
Higher Education at Risk in Oregon
In Salem Oregon, lawmakers are trying to fix mistakes made by previous Oregon legislatures. It is the opinion of the current legislature that those in the past have dis invested in higher education for students in Oregon.
A delegation representing the Oregon University System made that case convincingly Tuesday in a meeting with The Oregonian’s [...]

Editor: Melissa Steele is a freelance writer and focuses her research on funding for higher education. She is a graduate of UNLV and endeavors to keep her readers up to date with the most relevant education information.