<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - nhillman's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:44:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:47:42 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>University of Phoenix Responds to ProPublica/Marketplace Investigation </title><description><![CDATA[The University of Phoenix has responded [1] (PDF) to our recent story on its enrollment practices [2], calling it a "nothing more than a series of anecdotes." We reported the story with Amy Scott of Marketplace and you can hear the resulting radio stories here [3] and here [4].]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3466967-university-of-phoenix-responds-to-propublicamarketplace-investigation-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3466967-university-of-phoenix-responds-to-propublicamarketplace-investigation-</guid><category>education</category><category>university-of-phoenix</category><category>for-profit-college</category><category>propublica</category><category>college-quality</category><category>higher-education</category><category>consumer-protection</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:44:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Colleges Can Benefit by Steering More Aid to the Needy, Studies Suggest (subscription)</title><description><![CDATA[Receiving financial aid appears to have a significant positive impact on the educational performance of college students from low-income families, but many higher-education institutions are bending to pressure to give aid to other students who do not necessarily need it, accordin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463851-colleges-can-benefit-by-steering-more-aid-to-the-needy-studies-suggest-subscription</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3463851-colleges-can-benefit-by-steering-more-aid-to-the-needy-studies-suggest-subscription</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>institutional-aid</category><category>need-based-aid</category><category>grant-aid</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>college-access</category><category>research</category><category>chronicle-of-higher-education</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:49:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>College enrollment hits record, mostly thanks to 2-year schools</title><description><![CDATA[Overall college attendance has been going up for about 30 years; what's new is the sharp uptick at community colleges, driven in large part by recessionary bargain hunting and closer ties between two- and four-year colleges that give students more confidence they'll be able to tr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451600-college-enrollment-hits-record-mostly-thanks-to-2-year-schools</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451600-college-enrollment-hits-record-mostly-thanks-to-2-year-schools</guid><category>education</category><category>community-college</category><category>recession</category><category>community-college-enrollment</category><category>higher-education</category><category>public-policy</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:26:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>News: Insult to Injury</title><description><![CDATA[Already wounded by budget reductions that came in July and before, college leaders are now scrambling to squeeze even more from coffers, daunted by the real expectation that there are further cuts still to come.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451570-news-insult-to-injury</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3451570-news-insult-to-injury</guid><category>education</category><category>recession</category><category>economy</category><category>college</category><category>college-finance</category><category>state-budget</category><category>budget-cuts</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:16:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama community college proposal may not be enough</title><description><![CDATA[Arthur Call commutes three hours roundtrip to his anatomy class at community college because similar courses on campuses closer to his Indianapolis home are packed this semester.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deanna Martin, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/01/3449170-obama-community-college-proposal-may-not-be-enough</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/01/3449170-obama-community-college-proposal-may-not-be-enough</guid><category>us</category><category>community-college</category><category>college</category><category>enrollment</category><category>arthur-call</category><category>us-news</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:17:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d211d0d1-7ac8-41c2-8ae7-75fab27ee594.jpg" width="75" height="52" /></item><item><title>College Enrollment Set Record in 2008, Study Says</title><description><![CDATA[Almost 40 percent of the nation's 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Thursday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/30/3442842-college-enrollment-set-record-in-2008-study-says</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/30/3442842-college-enrollment-set-record-in-2008-study-says</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-enrollment</category><category>college-access</category><category>recession</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>University of California intends to increase financial aid </title><description><![CDATA[President Mark G. Yudof announces plans to raise $1 billion in private funds over the next four years and to expand an existing aid program to more middle-income families.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425635-university-of-california-intends-to-increase-financial-aid-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425635-university-of-california-intends-to-increase-financial-aid-</guid><category>education</category><category>california</category><category>institutional-aid</category><category>tuition-discount</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:49:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Very few illegal immigrants use UW tuition deal</title><description><![CDATA[Very few students are taking advantage of a new law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools, according to university data.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425622-very-few-illegal-immigrants-use-uw-tuition-deal</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3425622-very-few-illegal-immigrants-use-uw-tuition-deal</guid><category>education</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>undocumented-immigrant</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-acceess</category><category>immigration-policy</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>College Tuition Costs Rise AGAIN</title><description><![CDATA[With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405549-college-tuition-costs-rise-again</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405549-college-tuition-costs-rise-again</guid><category>education</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>tuition</category><category>college-affordability</category><category>higher-education</category><category>higher-education-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:48:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gap in educational success between rich and poor areas widening, says report </title><description><![CDATA[The gap in educational success between rich and poor areas of Britain is widening, despite investment of millions of pounds each year, according to research published today. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397566-gap-in-educational-success-between-rich-and-poor-areas-widening-says-report-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397566-gap-in-educational-success-between-rich-and-poor-areas-widening-says-report-</guid><category>education</category><category>england</category><category>inequality</category><category>college-access</category><category>poverty</category><category>upward-mobility</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:32:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>H.R. 3221: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009</title><description><![CDATA[This site tracks the status of congressional bills in a straight-forward, easy to understand way.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377069-hr-3221-student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act-of-2009</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377069-hr-3221-student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act-of-2009</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>bill</category><category>safra</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:31:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nobel Prize for Promises?</title><description><![CDATA[    I was dismayed when I heard Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize. A shock, really, to think that a president carrying on wars in two countries and launching military action in a third country (Pakistan), would be given a peace prize.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3368911-nobel-prize-for-promises</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3368911-nobel-prize-for-promises</guid><category>world-news</category><category>nobel-peace-prize</category><category>howard-zinn</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>war</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:38:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Aims to Boost Pell Grant Funding by $40 Billion </title><description><![CDATA[Under the House bill, the grants would rise with the consumer price index, plus 1 percentage point, starting in 2011. The estimated maximum award in 2019 would be $6,900.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362590-obama-aims-to-boost-pell-grant-funding-by-40-billion-</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362590-obama-aims-to-boost-pell-grant-funding-by-40-billion-</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>president-obama</category><category>pell-grants</category><category>student-aid</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:27:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Debating Cato on College Costs</title><description><![CDATA[Debate about college costs and the role of student aid.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362160-debating-cato-on-college-costs</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3362160-debating-cato-on-college-costs</guid><category>education</category><category>cato</category><category>higher-education</category><category>education-sector</category><category>kevin-carey</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:12:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>College enrollments soar in Miami-Dade as jobs decline</title><description><![CDATA[As a side effect of Miami-Dade County's 11.7% unemployment, enrollment has soared at four colleges and universities here.
   The fall surge swept over Florida International University, Miami Dade College, St.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361423-college-enrollments-soar-in-miami-dade-as-jobs-decline</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361423-college-enrollments-soar-in-miami-dade-as-jobs-decline</guid><category>education</category><category>florida</category><category>community-college</category><category>unemployment</category><category>higher-education</category><category>college-enrollment</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:30:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Undergrad enrollments up 7 percent in Mass.</title><description><![CDATA[Undergraduate enrollments are up 7 percent since last year across the state college and university system, and officials have moved more of their financial aid dollars into needs-based awards, the state Board of Higher Education learned at a meeting in Gardner yesterday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361420-undergrad-enrollments-up-7-percent-in-mass</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3361420-undergrad-enrollments-up-7-percent-in-mass</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>recession</category><category>college-enrollment</category><category>unemployment</category><category>community-college</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:29:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UC Berkeley to pay consultant to find cost cuts</title><description><![CDATA[These short-term fixes, however, "are an unsustainable long-term financial strategy," Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Friday in an announcement posted on the campus Web site. "We are now planning for a future that relies less on volatile state funding."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353211-uc-berkeley-to-pay-consultant-to-find-cost-cuts</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353211-uc-berkeley-to-pay-consultant-to-find-cost-cuts</guid><category>education</category><category>berkeley</category><category>college-costs</category><category>consultants</category><category>college-planning</category><category>college-finance</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:18:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Prepaid College Savings Plans Might Not Cover All Costs</title><description><![CDATA[As a result, the 529 prepaid funds — not to be confused with 529 college savings plans that do not promise a specific return — grew into financial powerhouses, even though 7 of the 18 funds have closed to new investments over the years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353208-prepaid-college-savings-plans-might-not-cover-all-costs</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353208-prepaid-college-savings-plans-might-not-cover-all-costs</guid><category>education</category><category>higher-education</category><category>prepaid-tuition</category><category>college-tuition</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:15:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>State student aid feels pinch</title><description><![CDATA["In a poor state like Mississippi we just have a lot of people who can't afford to go to school full-time," said Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson. "People have to work and it takes longer to graduate....Life happens in that time period.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353204-state-student-aid-feels-pinch</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353204-state-student-aid-feels-pinch</guid><category>education</category><category>mississippi</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>higher-education-policy</category><category>state-policy</category><category>state-budget</category><category>college-affordability</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:13:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Student loan proposal makes college officials nervous</title><description><![CDATA[A bill before the U.S. Senate that would force colleges and universities to work with the federal government's direct loan program if they provide federal financial aid is making some Western Pennsylvania school officials nervous.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nhillman]]></dc:creator><link>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353200-student-loan-proposal-makes-college-officials-nervous</link><guid>http://nhillman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353200-student-loan-proposal-makes-college-officials-nervous</guid><category>education</category><category>safra</category><category>higher-education</category><category>student-aid</category><category>financial-aid</category><category>direct-lending</category><category>financial-aid-reform</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:11:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>