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Low-Income Students May Get Free Tuition at Houston Community College
14 July 08 03:07 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students who are eligible for a new scholarship program at Houston Community College could have up to two years of their college education paid for. To qualify for the scholarship program, students must be eligible to receive a Pell Grant , a form of Read More...

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New Missouri Law Takes Aim at Rising College Textbook Costs
02 July 08 11:08 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Before ordering a textbook or requiring that students shell out money for a new edition, college and university professors in Missouri will now be armed with two important pieces of information: the wholesale price of the book and exactly what changes Read More...

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Proposed Bill Combines House, Senate Versions of the Higher Education Act
14 May 08 04:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Congressional aides hope to finalize a renewal of the Higher Education Act by Memorial Day that merges different versions of the proposed bill passed separately by the House of Representatives and the Senate last year, according to an article in The Chronicle Read More...

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New Legislation May Help Rein in Costs of College Textbooks
09 May 07 08:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How many times have you bought that brand new updated edition textbook (no used editions available), swallowing the exorbitant cost, only to lose most of what you paid when you re-sold it for pennies at the end of the semester? Or worse yet, what about Read More...

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