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Mom Accused of Gambling Away Daughters’ Student Loans
06 April 09 01:11 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A St. Peters, Mo. woman has been charged with seven counts of forgery for taking out $139,000 in student loans in two of her daughters’ names and for using her 71-year-old mother as a cosigner on the loans, all without consent. The woman, Cynthia Tiemann, Read More...

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Despite Down Economy, College Student Aid Still Thriving
23 March 09 05:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In economic downturns, colleges and universities become flooded with students of all ages looking to better prepare themselves for an increasingly competitive job market. But these schools haven’t been immune to the effects of today’s recession. Fortunately, for every recent economic downturn in higher education there’s also been a tangible upside. Read More...

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What’s Up Doc? Medical Schools Expand as Economy Retracts
19 March 09 03:15 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Looking at the growth of medical schools in the United States you’d never know America is in the middle of a recession. Even as the economy continues its downward spiral, medical schools are expanding, says Dr. J. James Rohack, the president-elect of the American Medical Association. Read More...

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College Scholarships Dry Up Along With Endowment Funding
17 March 09 02:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the six-month period ending in December, college endowments nationwide lost an average of 24 percent, according to the nonprofit Commonfund Institute of Connecticut, forcing a handful of small regional universities to make significant cutbacks to their scholarship funds for the upcoming fall semester. Read More...

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Students Could Save $40,000 by Completing College Degree in 3 Years
27 February 09 01:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students attending Hartwick College in New York may now be able to save over $40,000 on their education by enrolling in a new three- year college degree program, according to a recent news release from the college (“ Hartwick College Announces Three-Year Read More...

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Note to Families: Financial Aid More Competitive, But Not Out of Reach
26 January 09 05:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With more families applying for financial aid — applications are already up 10 percent above last year’s record — and lending for private student loans drying up, families’ ability to find available financial aid is becoming more difficult, reports the Read More...

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New Southern California Law School to Offer Free Tuition
29 December 08 04:15 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The University of California Irvine will usher in its first class of law school students this fall, none of whom will have to pay tuition for their first three years, reports The National Law Journal (“ Irvine, Calif., Law School Gets New Name, Offers 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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Feeling the Pinch of Rising Food and Gas Prices, Students Flock to Food Banks
29 July 08 12:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The rising cost of food and gas has become so taxing for some students that food banks in college towns are beginning to see an influx of students, according to an Associated Press article (“ Struggling College Students Turn to Food Banks ,” July 26, Read More...

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More Rigorous Admissions Standards at Nevada Universities May Affect Minorities
16 June 08 05:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

NAACP and ACLU officials warn that with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas , and the University of Nevada, Reno , increasing their minimum grade point average from 2.75 to 3.0, minority students may be discouraged from pursuing a higher education, according 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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Pennsylvania Student Loan Agency to Cut Grant Aid, Offer Employee Buyouts
30 April 08 05:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania’s student-loan agency will cut college grant amounts for the 2008–09 academic year by up to $750 and will offer voluntary buyouts to some of its nonunion employees in an effort to keep the company afloat. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Read More...

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Arkansas Offers State Student Loan Agency $80M Line of Credit
24 April 08 04:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Arkansas state student loan authority has been tentatively approved for an $80 million loan after an announcement that it may not be able to continue issuing student loans without financial assistance. The state board of finance, the investment arm Read More...

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Not Just Your Virtual Diary Anymore, Blogging Is Big Business
09 January 08 11:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A decade ago, blogging was a way for anyone with a computer to get a high from posting their personal ramblings to the Web and sharing their now-published thoughts with the online world. Narcissistic? Maybe. Therapeutic? Definitely. Profitable? Questionable. Read More...

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