Yesterday we told you about a program in Miami-Dade County schools to help more students complete the federal financial aid application, known as the FAFSA. Here’s some graphs to Here’s how Florida compares to California, Texas and the national average for the rate of high school graduates who submit a FAFSA:
To get a student loan at Broward College, youâve got to sit through a two-hour financial lesson with Kent Dunston first. At times, itâs a little like âScared Straight!â â that 1978 documentary about setting juvenile delinquents on the right path — but for your credit score. Dunstonâs first piece of advice â figure out […]
A summer job for a college student isnât what it used to be. Anya Kamenetz from NPRâs education team explored the economics of rising college costs over the yearsâand the comparatively creeping change in minimum wage. What she found is that a summer job just doesnât cover what it used to: âLet’s look at the […]
About half as many students will qualify for Bright Futures scholarships when the school year begins this fall as did during the current year, according to new estimates from the Florida College Access Network. That’s because lawmakers have steadily increased requirements for the primarily lottery-funded scholarships, raising minimum scores required on the SAT and ACT […]
NPR has started a series of conversations about paying for the rising cost of college. For their first interview, NPR spoke with David Sherker, a student at Coral Reef High School in Miami, and his family. President Barack Obama recently spoke at the school to encourage students to apply for federal financial aid and prod […]
Former Washington Post owner Donald Graham and Miami education activist Gaby Pacheco sat down with NPR to talk about a new scholarship program for undocumented immigrants. Allowing undocumented students access to in-state tuition rates will be a big issue in the legislative session set to begin tomorrow. A court has ruled Florida can not force […]
When Sen. Marco Rubio was growing up, his parents gave him an edict: âFrom a very early age they used to tell us, âtu tienes que estudiar,â which means, âyou have to study.â So growing up I donât ever recall not considering going to college,â Rubio told an audience at Miami-Dade College on Monday. Rubio talked at length about […]
President Barack Obama again asked Congress to expand access to early childhood education programs and defended a major federal grant program, but didn’t propose any new initiatives. Education Week has the recap here: President Barack Obama placed education at the center of a broad strategy to bolster economic mobility and combat povertyâcalling on Congress in […]
Last November, Gov. Rick Scott challenged Floridaâs colleges to offer $10,000 degrees for programs that place students in high-demand fields. Most of the schools in the Florida College System pledged to meet that challenge, but as the Sun Sentinel reported over the weekend, the results so far have been mixed: â⊠the degree options are […]
A new report finds Florida’s public university system is a good model in affordability for the rest of the country. Florida Rising: An Assessment of Public Universities in the Sunshine State analyzed cost, administrative and academic spending, curriculum, and graduation rates at Florida’s 11 universities. (Florida Polytechnic University â the 12th in the system â […]
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