by Caroline Cataldo | Jul 15, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — As college tuition costs rise across the country, more students look to the federal government for assistance to finance their education. As of late June, in Frederick County alone, 1,665 public school students had applied for federal financial aid...
by Taylor Thornton | Jul 10, 2014 | Education
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Twenty-two-year-old Mehreen Khan is an ambitious student from Pakistan looking to capitalize on her education in America. With a large pool of of universities to choose from, Khan took a different approach in selecting a school: she chose...
by Taylor Thornton | Jul 3, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON- Students from Iowa State University and Ohio University filed lawsuits Tuesday against their schools to demand an end to censorship in their universities’ speech codes. Twenty-year-old Iowa State students Erin Furleigh and Paul Gerlich filed suit in state...
by Katie Schubauer | Jul 1, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON– On the heels of a Capitol Hill inquiry into sexual assault on campuses, activists are calling for more transparency at colleges and universities. “This is an issue that been swept under the rug for far too long,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of...
by Emily Nelson | Jun 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — It’s not just Republicans that oppose Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act: it’s some of the lunch ladies too. As the House took up the 2015 Agriculture Appropriations Bill – a measure that could amend the controversial school lunch program...
by Anna Bisaro | Jun 9, 2014 | Education, Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama welcomed the men’s and the women’s basketball teams from the University of Connecticut Monday, congratulating the Huskies on their twin NCAA national basketball championships in April. “As president, one of my goals has been...
