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Delaware State University President Dr. Tony Allen has defended a decision to discontinue Wesley College, athletics.
Delaware State University is acquiring the financially troubled college effective this summer. Wesley’s athletic program will end after this spring.
On Monday, Wesley College President Robert Clark announced that Delaware State University decided not to continue the athletic program.
“Werecognize the deep disappointment that the Wesley College community is feeling after that announcement,” Allen wrote.
“It was not an easy decision.Wesley College athletes and coaches across the board have carved out a proud tradition in DIII sports, and we made every effort to consider its long-term sustainability.To that end, the university privately fundraised to engage two independent management consulting firms to analyze the viability of simultaneously operating a DI and a DIII Athletic program,” Allen wrote. “Those analyses were summed up in
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The student debt crisis has become a top issue for millions of Americans who are on the edge of their seats as they await some level of federal relief. Proposals in Washington for the cancellation of student loan debt are still on the table and up for discussion.
Currently, there is no legislation that has been presented to President
Joe Biden. However, Democrats are working feverishly on this matter.
In a Feb. 4 tweet, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, “The President continues to support the cancelling of student debt to bring relief to students and families. Our team is reviewing whether there are any steps he can take through executive action and he would welcome the opportunity to sign a bill sent to him by Congress.”
by Rep. Dustin Hite
It was another busy week at the Statehouse. I started on Monday by taking the gavel and sitting in the Speaker’s chair for the opening of Monday’s session. The rest of the week was filled with committees and subcommittees and is now ending with a blizzard. On Tuesday evening, the Iowa House passed House File 228, a bill which removes the ability of school districts to deny requests for open enrollment due to voluntary diversity plans adopted by the school districts. There are currently five districts in the state with voluntary diversity plans Des Moines, Waterloo, Postville, West Liberty, and Davenport and this bill now gives students in those districts the same option as students in all other districts to open enroll out.
Massachusetts Colleges Offer Scholarships to Homeless Teens
A new government-funded scholarship program will provide dorm beds, meal plans and case management to homeless teens who enroll at Framingham State University or Massachusetts Bay Community College. by Zane Razzaq, MetroWest Daily News / January 11, 2021 Shutterstock
(TNS) A new government-funded scholarship program will provide dorm beds, meal plans and case management to homeless teens who enroll at
Framingham State University or
Massachusetts Bay Community College.
Set to begin next fall, the Moving to College pilot is a continuation of another state effort, the Massachusetts Student Housing Security Pilot, launched in 2018. The difference between the programs is school officials will target homeless students who have just graduated high school, as opposed to those who ve been in college for several years.