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College Board Settles Inquiry into Its Student Loan Practices
11 December 08 04:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The College Board , which administers the SAT, ACT, and AP college admissions tests, has agreed to resolve an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal into its student loan practices. Read More...

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Economy Takes Its Toll: Some Small Colleges to Shut Their Doors
19 November 08 03:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Americans could see more college closures, particularly among small schools with shrinking enrollment numbers as the slowing economy continues to claim more victims across every sector, The Associated Press reports (“ College Closings Rare, but Could Read More...

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State Higher Education Commission Urges Indiana Schools to Graduate 10,000 More Students a Year
10 September 08 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new plan unveiled Monday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education calls for the state-supported colleges and universities in Indiana to graduate 10,000 more students with bachelor’s degrees each year — an increase of 33 percent — and to graduate Read More...

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Sex Offenders May Lose Pell Grant Eligibility Under Revised Higher Education Act
04 August 08 04:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Starting July 1, 2009, sex offenders confined in treatment centers throughout the country may no longer be eligible to receive need-based federal Pell Grants , under a new provision of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, according to an article in Read More...

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Wilkes University Puts Freshman Recruits Front and Center and Billboard-Size
04 May 08 03:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Wilkes University, a small, private school in northeastern Pennsylvania, is using a quirky new in-your-face $120,000 ad campaign to get the attention of today’s media- and marketing-savvy students. The university is plastering personalized messages on billboards, pizza boxes, gas pumps, and even on MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to students it wants to make a part of its freshman class. Read More...

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