DeVry University and Banco Popular (Nachrichten) North America announced a new partnership through which they will offer up to 168 new scholarships for high school seniors and adult learners. Beginning in March, the partial-tuition scholarships, which target lower-to-middle income families, will be available at DeVry (Nachrichten) campuses in Chicago, Houston, Long Island City, N.Y., and [...]

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Briarwood College for approximately $11.4 million in cash. Briarwood is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and currently offers two Bachelor’s degree programs and 31 Associate’s degree programs to approximately 700 students from Connecticut [...]

Hundreds of online Kaplan University students from all across the United States, and from Canada, Guam and the Virgin Islands, gathered at the Chicago Symphony Theatre today to celebrate a milestone event—their college graduation. Juli Norell, the student speaker, commended her fellow graduates for overcoming obstacles to achieve their dreams.
In Norell’s case, the obstacle was [...]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Thursday he has found problems with student loan practices at specific schools in his investigation with federal education officials into possible corruption in the student loan industry.
Blumenthal is conducting his investigation with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General. He declined to detail his findings, but said he [...]

You’ve got the college degree, and now you’re stressed about the debt.
“Even if your student loans exceed your annual salary — which is, unfortunately, a common phenomenon these days — you can knock down those debts and start to regain control of your financial life,” Lynnette Khalfani writes in her new book, “Zero Debt for [...]

The Victoria College is offering summer programs to help out high school students who are not college-ready and middle school students who excel in class.
VC received a grant from the Texas Higher Education Board that will allow it to offer a program called Summer Scholars to upcoming 11th-graders.
“It is a four-week program, and what we [...]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The demand for psychology [...]

The application for the Big Sky State Games Character Counts scholarship is Monday, May 14.
The Character Counts scholarship recognizes the importance of sportsmanship and character in athletics. The scholarship is open to high school juniors (during the 2006-2007 school year) who have participated in the Big Sky State Games.
The Games will offer a $500 scholarship [...]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82,554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The demand for psychology professionals [...]

The 501(c)3 Glimpse Foundation has launched a new online store that consolidates the resources it offers to further cross-cultural understanding and to help prepare students and volunteers for their overseas experiences. The store is available here: http://store.glimpsefoundation.org
Among the new store’s many offerings are subscriptions to Glimpse Quarterly, the Foundation’s print publication, which features first-person narratives [...]