College Related Articles For August 17, 2009

The New York Times reports on Sinclair Community College. Enrollment is up 25% due to the recession. A video on a couple students at college is included.

They also have an article up on the SafeStart program. The program will lend students money for college and if they have a tough time paying the loan back they can get some interest free money to help pay the loan back. The USA Today also has an article on this as well.

The Houston Chronicle reports on the interest of e-books as textbook cost rise.

The Dallas Morning News reports on Dallas-Fort Worth community colleges making a wish list for stimulus funding.

The AP reports on more for profit colleges offering loans to college students with the colleges knowing they will not be able to pay it back.

The Baltimore Sun reports on community colleges riding a new wave of college education.

The Detroit News reports on Michigan Promise Scholarship awards that are now in limbo as money for the program from the stater has not been agreed too.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer Reports on Cuyahoga Community College students that will not receive discounted RTA passes when classes begin Saturday.

They also report on University of Toledo reaching out to Cleveland’s low-income students with a scholarship that will pay whatever portion of the student’s $8,000 undergraduate tuition is not covered by federal aid as long as they maintain a B average.

The Mercury News with a short article on the legislative history of California’s college fee waiver.

The Sacramento Bee reports on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who would like to see colleges be the ones that dish out Cal Grants to college students.

The Tennessean is out with an article looking at the GI Bill.

The AP reports on the University of Central Oklahoma creating a “School of Rock”