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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in 2003 – and 7.5% Graduate students’ needs are focused on financing their education and financial support for conference travel. Professionals are mostly focused on financial literacy and professionals in graduate school require financing for their continued education.” rise from 7% to 13.6%.

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Survey: Students and parents stress cost and career prep when picking a college

University Business

Financing school is the top roadblock for applicants, parents In 2003, 52% of respondents chose “Won’t get into first-choice college” as their biggest worry while 8% chose “Level of debt to pay for the degree.”

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News Largest budget reduction in the last 20 years - Amarha Bridger and Jenna Heinz, the Antelope (U Nebraska Kearney)

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Jon Watts, vice chancellor for Business and Finance, provided information regarding budget reductions for 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08 and 2008-09. The operating budget for facilities of Business and Finance was reduced by $87,675.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

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Instead they want their kids to pursue seemingly lucrative majors in STEM, engineering, or the realm of finance and economics. William McKinley – 25th President of the United States NOTABLE ALUMNI of AUGSBURG COLLEGE, Minneapolis, MN Dr. Peter Agre, 2003 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Rev. Former U.S.

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UChicago pays $13.5 million settlement to group accusing it engaged in price fixing

University Business

However, the lawsuit accuses 568 of violating the law by conspiring with each other to discover students’ finances, favoring wealthy students and turning away those who would need financial aid upon acceptance, reports Insider. antitrust law by practicing need-blind admissions. This extended to their waitlist decisions as well.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

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Also referenced was the potential time and effort involved in ‘sort[ing] out student finances and funds’, as well as the strains that would be placed on their social networks. Levin-Rozalis, M (2003) ‘Evaluation and research: differences and similarities’, The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation , 18:2, 1-31, [link].

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Not Your Traditional Student: Changing Demographics on Campus

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Edward’s University in Austin, Texas in the fall of 2003 I was a 37-year-old single mother, who was also working full-time. And, I received help with traversing the “financing college” landscape and obtaining scholarships and loans, without which I could never have afforded university. I was one of those non-traditional students.