Athletes' Financial Aid Could Increase
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A proposed settlement in a federal antitrust suit could raise NCAA limits on financial aid and allow schools to pay athletes for other expenses such as travel, health insurance and laundry.
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The NHL salary cap will rise to $50.3 million per team next season, an increase of $6.3 million from last season, the league and players' union announced Friday.
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Washington, DC, City Council committees will consider a revised stadium funding package on Wednesday that includes a $450 million community investment fund financed with bonds, according to the mayor&#39;s staff.
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National Basketball Association officials together with shoe manufacturers and college leaders have reportedly discussed creating a national academy for elite high school players.
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The University of Maryland plans to raise $200 million for scholarships, a campaign that basketball coach Gary Williams will head and seed with $500,000 of his own.
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Many football players are taking advantage of a D.C. Public Schools provision that allows students to transfer to any school for any reason, causing schools like Eastern High School to have difficulty meeting the minimum to form a team.
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Boston College's athletics program plans to start offering its wealthy football fans a quick way to shuttle to away games via chartered jets.
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University and college funding in England rises 6.4% on last year to Â£7,137m to provide extra student places.
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&quot;For the benefit of our student-athletes and fans, we simply cannot afford another year of decline and now is the time for new leadership to be brought in,&quot; Kathy Beauregard, the school&#39;s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said in a statement.
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Profits are up, but recently, a number of for-profit colleges have faced inquiries concerning the way they pursue federal funds.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Schools in low-income areas could be getting some extra money that would help make up for fee waivers granted to students coming from poverty-stricken homes.
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When it comes to paying for college, cash-strapped families have had a few good tidings of late. A string of elite, private colleges have announced major boosts in financial aid.
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With the addition of the powerhouses Miami and Virginia Tech this year, there is little doubt that football has become the new money sport that drives the Atlantic Coast Conference. But the sport of champions in the A.C.C., for now, remains men's basketball.
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The stratospheric salaries of some college football coaches prompt a debate over the role of athletics at colleges.
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The Senate passed a bill early Friday to increase aid to college students. The bill would give more money to Pell grant recipients, who are among the poorest
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WASHINGTON - Congressional tax writers are taking a hard look at elite US universities' multibillion-dollar endowment funds and considering steps to make them spend more of their riches to help students.
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President Bush is proposing to raise the maximum Pell Grant award by &#36;500 over the next five years and fix a persistent shortfall in the nation's chief college aid program, The Associated Press has learned.