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‘Discriminatory’ UC Admissions Policy Angers Asian Community
03 April 09 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new University of California admissions policy intended to increase the diversity of the school system’s student body may actually do the opposite, boosting the number of white students while decreasing the size of the Asian population. Read More...

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College Grads in New Hampshire Get $8,000 Incentive to Work in the State
06 March 09 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Hoping to entice more college students to work in the state after graduation, the University System of New Hampshire is partnering with the state’s employers to offer students an incentive to stay. New Hampshire graduates who work for an employer participating Read More...

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Students Brace for Largest Tuition Jump in Years
20 January 09 04:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Tuition increases at the nation’s colleges are inevitable. However, in the current economic climate — where states are slashing budgets to the bone — public colleges are being forced to raise tuition at rates that haven’t been seen in years, reports The Read More...

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California Legislators Act to Block Administrators From Censoring College Publications
08 August 08 05:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a move that may soon further the free-speech rights of students writing for the state’s college newspapers, California legislators passed a bill on August 5 that would make it unlawful for school administrators to retaliate against college and high school journalism teachers trying to protect their students. Read More...

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Trade School Students No Longer Protected Under California Law
07 July 08 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

California students at for-profit colleges now have fewer legal rights if their institution goes out of business. The state law that regulated for-profit colleges, which enroll some 400,000 students, expired at the end of June and lawmakers recently rejected Read More...

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Millions in Grant Money Go to California Colleges for Stem-Cell Research
16 May 08 03:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ In California, Read More...

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$50 Million Given to California Community Colleges to Aid Needy Students
12 May 08 05:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In what may be the largest gift ever donated to the nation’s community colleges, the San Francisco–based Bernard Osher Foundation recently announced that it has pledged up to $50 million to help needy students attending California’s two-year institutions. Read More...

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Congress Joins States and Colleges in Efforts to Reduce Soaring Textbook Costs
03 March 08 07:09 AM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

With the average college student now shelling out between $900 and $1,000 each year for textbooks and supplies, according to the College Board ’s latest Trends in College Pricing report, schools, states, and now Congress are getting involved in the crusade Read More...

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LEGO Turns 50
01 February 08 09:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 2 Comments   

LEGOs have entertained millions of children and adults, spawned tons of knock-off brands, and even inspired a series of LEGOLAND theme parks. And now, LEGO just celebrated its 50 th birthday on January 28, 2008. The LEGO brick, which was honored with Read More...

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“Reduce, Re-Use, Re-Ride”: Sell and Trade Your Surfboards, Skateboards and Snowboards Online
25 September 07 07:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

ReRip may not show you how to transform your old boards into something completely unboard-like, the way IKEA Hacker overhauls furniture , but ReRip does share with IKEA Hacker the goal of making the stale new again, giving old boards a second chance at Read More...

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