A bill that aims to curtail colleges’ and universities’ preferential treatment of legacy admissions has been proposed by Assembly member Phil Ting, D–San Fransisco, in response to the recent admissions scandal.
Tag Archives | financial aid
Financial aid gets new chief
After a year without a permanent director of financial aid, the University hired Nicholas Novello for the position, and he started the job Jan. 16.
‘True tuition’ may help retention
The University of La Verne has had trouble recently retaining students from freshman through senior years. There are undoubtedly many reasons for this retention problem. However, the fact that tuition increases by between roughly 4 percent and 6 percent almost every year in recent memory – or more than twice the rate of inflation – […]
Letter to the Editor
The current Republican administration in this nation is proposing three things which could be highly problematic for all students attending (or planning to attend) college.
Go Fund Me provides necessary tuition help
With the cost of college increasing annually, students are forced to find innovative ways to cover their expenses.
Tuition to rise 3.88%
University of La Verne students will pay roughly $1,500 more to attend the University in 2017-18 than they did this year, thanks to a tuition increase of 3.88 percent scheduled to take effect in Fall 2017.
Free tuition plan is positive step
On April 9, New York’s state legislature approved Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to provide free college tuition to New York residents who are full-time students and earn less than $100,000 annually. In 2018, the cap will increase to $110,000 and then $125,000 in 2019.
News Briefs
Campus news for the week of April 14, 2016.
Reduce debt, not regulation
As President Donald Trump begins his third month in office, it should not come as a surprise that he keeps rolling back more regulations and guidance from the Obama administration. The latest one hits close to home for University of La Verne students as they relate to student
Low-income students find help at ULV
A March Department of Education report highlighted the University of La Verne as an exemplary school for low-income students. ULV joins other private institutions such as Converse College in South Carolina, Agnes Scott College in Georgia and the Sage Colleges in New York as private institutions that have more than 40 percent Pell Grant recipients, […]