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Cost of College Continues to Climb, Even in a Recession
21 October 09 01:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the recession has depressed consumer prices and the cost of living has fallen over the last year, college tuition rose in 2009, with the largest percentage increases coming at community colleges and public four-year schools — the mounting expense of an education revealed in the College Board’s latest reports on financial aid and the cost of college, released yesterday. Read More...

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Attention Freshmen and Transfer Students: Colleges Still Have Openings
07 May 09 03:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Almost 260 colleges and universities around the country still have openings for students, and most of these schools still have ample financial aid available. Read More...

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Citing the Economy, Students Transfer from Private to Public Schools
09 March 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Public colleges and universities are experiencing a greater influx of transfer applications from private school students as the flagging economy heightens students’ concerns about their ability to pay for college, Bloomberg reports (“Rutgers Sees 50% 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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Student Loan Lending Still Going Strong
12 January 09 04:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite being hampered last year by a lack of investors and a lack of access to credit, federal student loan lenders are surviving the economic crisis — making the student loan market one of the few lending industries still able to thrive this year, The Read More...

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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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Colleges With Highest Tuition Wary of Economic Downturn
05 November 08 05:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After years of ranking among the nation’s top five most expensive schools, Sarah Lawrence College — a private, liberal arts school in Bronxville, New York with a tuition price tag of more than $53,000 a year — is now the priciest school in America, beating Read More...

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College Tuition, Student Borrowing On the Rise In Down Economy
03 November 08 01:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new report has found that last year’s increases in college tuition were more on pace with rises in the Consumer Price Index — the measure of the average price of consumer goods and services. But despite the relative steadiness of college affordability, Read More...

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SAT and ACT Tests Not the Best Predictors of College Success, Study Finds
24 September 08 02:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The colleges and universities that use students’ SAT and ACT standardized test scores when making college admissions and financial aid decisions should base these decisions on tests that more closely reflect a student’s high school achievement and understanding Read More...

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New SAT Policy Gives Students Control Over What Scores Colleges See
26 June 08 05:32 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

A new SAT scoring policy will give high school students the option to show only their best SAT score to college admissions officers and to prevent these school officials from seeing test-scores that were less-than-stellar. Under the new policy, which Read More...

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New SAT Test Fails to Show Improvements, College Board Finds
18 June 08 07:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite dramatic changes to the SAT that were designed to help colleges and universities better predict a student’s academic performance in college, the adjustments did not “substantially change” how accurately the test predicts first-year grades, according Read More...

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Banks Become More Selective, Leaving Some Colleges Without Student Loans
02 June 08 05:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at community colleges, for-profit universities, and other less competitive institutions may soon have trouble finding a lender willing to offer them federal student loans. Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC, and SunTrust are no longer offering student loans to certain colleges — schools that the banks have determined tend toward higher default rates, fewer borrowers, and small loan amounts that make business less profitable. Read More...

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College Board Helps College Recruiters Target Low-Income Students
28 May 08 01:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As part of a College Board pilot program nearly 30 colleges and universities will be allowed to buy the names and personal information of low-income high school students — a data set that has been off limits since the early 1980s, according to the Chicago Read More...

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College Board to Eliminate Four AP Programs by Next School Year
11 April 08 03:26 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The College Board’s decision to drop four Advanced Placement classes and subject exams by the end of the 2008–09 academic year is expected to affect about 12,500 students and 2,500 teachers worldwide. The AP program allows high school students to take 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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