130,000 British Students Protest Government Plans To Hike Tuition Fees
AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Thousands of British students on Wednesday protested planned government hikes in tuition fees and cuts in education budget. Demonstration locations included Warwick, Sheffield, Birmingham, Newcastle and London. Police estimate the number of protesters at 130,000 students. There were isolated incidents of violence and clashes with police [...]
Supreme Court takes up Arizona school tuition case
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report] on the constitutionality of an Arizona tax credit for donations to organizations that provide scholarships at private schools, which allows scholarships funded [...]
College Tuition Continues To Rise; Average Private Tuition Hits $27,293
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The annual “Trends in College Pricing” survey has found that U.S. students and families faced an average 7.9 percent jump in in-state tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities in 2010-11. Published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and [...]
Britain Releases Review Of University Tuition
AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Britain is set to release a review of university tuition initiated by Lord Edmund John Philip Browne, the former chief executive of British Petroleum. Browne was appointed in June 2010 by the coalition government to be the lead non-executive director in charge of recruiting business leader [...]
Finding Scholarship For Single Moms – Getting $10,000 For Free
Even if you didn’t have stellar grades in high school, or if it’s been a while since you’ve graduated, it is still possible to find scholarships for college. You can be rewarded for almost anything, including the fact that you’re a single mom. Many of these scholarships for single moms are specific to the state [...]
