HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: Bank of N.D. improves student loan program
December 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Bank of North Dakota has improved its DEAL student loan consolidation program to help North Dakota families take advantage of low interest rates, the bank said. Continue Reading
Student interest in online courses has nearly doubled at UND in the past five years, while other regional institutions have seen an even greater increase. At the University of Minnesota-Crookston, an influx of 236 more students this year contributed to breaking the university’s enrollment record.
Team donates plane to college’s aviation maintenance programA string of students from Northland Community and Technical College toured their new “classroom” Friday morning. “I don’t follow basketball, but I’ll start rooting for the Pistons now,” said one of the students as he strolled through. That’s because that new “classroom” was actually a DC-9 airplane donated to the Northland Community & Technical College Foundation by the Detroit Pistons NBA basketball team.
Second annual state of the college focuses on recent changes, state funding loss, future effortsNorthland Community and Technical College has faced a financial “squeeze” over the past five years as state funding has shrunk, President Anne Temte said Wednesday. But despite the current “scary times” for the college, including an ongoing Minnesota state budget crisis and a sluggish national and local economy, Temte said NCTC has handled its recent challenges and now is ready to look forward to a “vibrant, innovative future.”
It’s called the “Graduate Minnesota” campaign and it features 30-second radio spots and letters to more than 20,000 people who recently attended a state college or university, but didn’t earn a degree.
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