by Alec Bose | Dec 5, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Americans will make student debt a priority in the 2020 presidential election because more young college graduates can’t afford housing while other young people avoid college, causing business owners to struggle to find workers, said House Education...
by Brian Johnson | Nov 21, 2019 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — Rural counties are in danger of deep cuts in federal funding if Congress doesn’t renew programs that provides funds to them due to lost revenue from tax-exempt Federal lands and from a drop in timber harvesting on federal land, senators and experts at a...
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by Sara Wilson | Nov 20, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON—Wednesday marked the 20th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Students at George Washington University observed the day with a vigil on campus where they read the names of transgender people who have been murdered. ...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Nov 7, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s four historically black colleges and universities could face layoffs, expired contracts and programming issues if the federal funding for HBCUs nationwide is not renewed for at least two years, the state’s two U.S. senators warned Wednesday at...
by Niko Boskovic | Oct 24, 2019 | Education
WASHINGTON – Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski, the original sponsor of a bill to require more safety equipment on school buses, saw the technology in action Wednesday as part of National School Bus Safety Week. Walorski was joined by a fellow Indiana lawmaker...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla and Lu Zhao | Oct 2, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Washington DC’s Gallaudet University offers education for the hard of hearing community. It also accepts hearing undergraduates (HUGs) capped at 8 percent of the undergrad population. These students might be interested in American Sign...
