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‘Swine Flu’ Causes Colleges to Cancel Study Abroad Programs
01 May 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the swine flu virus (H1N1) hasn’t hit most U.S. college campuses, college health officials are starting to take precautions, including cancelling study abroad programs in Mexico. Read More...

Filed under: Altoona, Amherst College, Butler University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college campus, college financial aid, college health officials, college loans, Costa Rica, Eau Claire, financial aid, Guanajuato, H1N1, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Indianapolis, Jorge Gomez, Karin Fischer, Massachusetts, Mexico, Mexico bound program, Mexico City, NextStudent, paying for college, Pennsylvania State University, Spanish language immersion program, State Department, student loans, study abroad administrator, study abroad programs, swine flu, tuition, United States, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, virus

MyRichUncle Stops Making Student Loans, Files for Bankruptcy
18 February 09 05:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

MyRichUncle, the student loan company that “caustically ridiculed the financial ties between colleges and student loan companies” has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (“ Student-Loan Industry’s Caustic Rebel Now Read More...

Filed under: admissions offices, Andrew Cuomo, bankruptcy, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, college planning company, Cuomo investigation of student loan lenders, deceptive marketing practices, Embark, Financial Aid Officers, lender code of conduct, MyRichUncle, NextStudent, student loan companies, student loans, The Princeton Review

Former UC Students Get $33 Million Settlement
07 January 09 04:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The University of California school system paid out more than $33 million last month to nearly 35,000 former students after losing a class-action lawsuit over a fee dispute, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (“ U. of California Pays $33-Million Read More...

Filed under: breach of contract, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, college tuition and fees, Contra Costa Times, NextStudent, student class-action lawsuit, student loans, tution price hikes, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, UC students, University of California

Enrollment Up at For-Profit Colleges Despite Economy
16 December 08 10:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While numerous nonprofit colleges have halted construction and are undergoing hiring freezes and other cutbacks due to the declining economy, for-profit colleges are seeing higher enrollment numbers and higher profit margins (“ Economic Downturn Is a Read More...

Filed under: California State University system, Career College Association, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college financial aid, college graduate, college loans, Corinthian Colleges, cutbacks, declining economy, direct lending, economic downturn, enrollment, enrollment cap, federal grants, financial aid, financial aid policies, for profit colleges, Goldie Blumenstyk, growth, higher enrollment, hiring freezes, job search, job seeking graduates, laid off workers, new job skills, new students, NextStudent, nonprofit colleges, paying for college, private schools, profit margins, projected unemployment rate, public schools, publicly traded college, Rene Champagne, state budget cuts, student loans, subsidized student loans, tuition, unemployment, unsubsidized private loans, widespread layoffs

Colleges Want Piece of Federal Government’s “Bailout Pie”
20 November 08 04:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With 39 states anticipating budget shortfalls next year totaling more than $100 billion, colleges are urging Congress to include them in a second economic stimulus bill currently being drafted, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (“ As the Economic Read More...

Filed under: airline industry, American Association of Medical Colleges, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Association of American Universities, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, auto industry, budget shortfall, Bush administration, business development, campus construction, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chrysler, college, college associations, college financial aid, college loans, college lobbyists, Cynthia Littlefield, deteriorating economy, economic stimulus bill, endowments, financial aid, Ford, General Motors, GM, government aid, jobs, National Institutes of Health, needy students, NextStudent, Obama administration, paying for college, Pell, Pell Grant, President Bush, President elect Obama, state government, Student Aid Alliance, student loans, tax revenue, tuition, work ready students

VA Keeps Processing of New GI Bill Education Benefits In-House
10 November 08 01:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The education benefits of the new GI Bill — which will provide eligible veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with four years of college funding — will be processed in-house by the Department of Veterans Affairs and not outsourced to a private Read More...

Filed under: Afghanistan, American Legion, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, David Rehbein, Department of Veterans Affairs, financial aid, GI Bill, GI Bill education benefits, higher education, In-State Tuition, Iraq, NextStudent, Patrick Dunne, public colleges, student loans, VA, veterans

Changes to Student Loan Repayment Programs Not Enough, Advocates Say
30 October 08 11:34 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite 1,500 individuals and a dozen national organizations pushing for further changes to legislative provisions that help low-income college students repay their student loans, the Education Department recently issued the provisions’ final regulations Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college financial aid, college loans, Department of Education, double-counting penalty, Education Department, financial aid, income-based repayment plan, low income student borrowers, NextStudent, paying for college, Robert Shireman, Samara Yudof, Student Loan Repayment, student loans, The Project on Student Debt, tuition

Technical College May Lose Ability to Offer Federal Financial Aid For Violating Newly-Relaxed Aid Rule
20 August 08 01:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Star Technical Institute , a technical college in New Jersey, may not be able to offer federal financial aid to students at two of its seven campuses for allegedly violating a federal law that requires colleges to obtain 10 percent or more of their revenues Read More...

Filed under: 90-10 Rule, Chronicle of Higher Education, college financial aid, college loans, College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008, college tuition hike, Department of Education, federal student loans, financial aid, H.R. 4137, Karen Manin, NextStudent, Paul Basken, paying for college, Stafford student loans, Star Technical Institute, student loans

Nonprofit Lenders Hurt by Legislation Intended to Help Them
01 August 08 06:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As lenders continue to scale back or suspend their student loan programs amid a troubled economy and now-unprofitable federal education loans, newer legislation designed to help struggling lenders — nonprofit student loan providers in particular — may be doing more harm than good. Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, college loans, credit crisis, Department of Educaiton, Education Finance Council, EFC, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, federal student loans, financial aid, Interest Rates, National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, NCHELP, NextStudent, Paul Basken, Peter Warren, Shelly Repp, Stafford Loans, student loan availability, student loans, subprime mortgage crisis

Senator Pushes Colleges for Enhanced Oversight of Funded Research and Endowments
28 July 08 09:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, wants colleges to be held more accountable in both their academic research and their endowment spending, according to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More...

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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college aid, college financial aid, College Tuition, current legislation session, federal student aid, financial aid, Goldie Blumenstyk, Higher Education Act, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, NextStudent, Pell Grant, Student Aid, student loan, student loans, tuition

Controversial Admissions Policy Proposal Could Shake Up University of California System
21 July 08 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

The biggest change in how the University of California system evaluates prospective applicants in 10 years could come from a major administrator-proposed revision to the system’s admissions policy, allowing schools to depend less on test scores and more Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, college student loan, financial aid, Josh Keller, NextStudent, student loan, tuition, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Merced, U.C. Riverside, UCLA, University of California, University of California admissions, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, William Drummond

Professors Pay Students’ Tuition With New 'Opportunity Scholarship'
17 July 08 04:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an effort to stem the drop-out rate of low-income and immigrant students at California’s Santa Ana College , some professors are paying for their students’ tuition through the school’s new Opportunity Scholarship, according to an Inside Higher Ed article Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, financial aid, James Heggen, Jeff McMillan, Loans, NextStudent, Santa Ana College, tuition

Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

Filed under: Amherst, Christopher Gruber, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Columbia University, Dartmouth, Davidson College, debt, federal student loans, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Jonathan Epstein, loan caps, Maguire Associates, NextStudent, North Carolina, Princeton, private student loans, Stanford, student loan debt, student loans, Swarthmore, tuition, Yale

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...

Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, Corinthian Colleges, financial aid, for-profit colleges, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles Times, NextStudent, student loans, trade schools, tuition