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College Unattainable for Undocumented Immigrants
11 March 09 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Judah Lakin spends much of his time trying to help his students prepare for college. But even if his students have what it takes to pursue a higher education, many of them are undocumented immigrants and will never step foot on a college campus because they don’t have access to federal financial aid or in-state tuition. Read More...
MBA Cheating Scandal Ends With Almost 100 GMAT Scores Cancelled
12 September 08 01:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
In June, 6,000 MBA hopefuls saw their aspirations come crashing down when it came to light that their GMAT scores could be cancelled due to a cheating scandal that involved the illegal posting of live GMAT test questions on Scoretop.com . Most of those Read More...
Virginia Commonwealth University Improperly Awarded Degree to Police Chief
11 September 08 01:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
In an incident that mirrors the recent scandal at West Virginia University where an executive M.B.A. was improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, an investigation found that Virginia Commonwealth University awarded the state’s police chief a bachelor’s Read More...
College Textbook Sales Drop, Online Piracy Possible Cause
05 September 08 02:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Sales of new textbooks at some of the nation’s college presses are declining, and though many press directors are unsure why sales are slipping, others think it may have to do with online piracy of the books, according to an article in The Chronicle of Read More...
Colleges Teach Students How to Pay for School, Manage Money
03 September 08 01:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Several Texas colleges and universities are rolling out new classes and programs designed to help their students become more financially-savvy about everything from student loans to personal finances, reports Pamela Yip, business columnist for The Dallas Read More...
Student Attempts to Get eBay Bidders to Pay for College Tuition
29 August 08 01:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Zack Ketz, a University of Virginia studio art major, is not the first to use an eBay auction as a ploy for free tuition. Oklahoma Wesleyan University found a bidder to pay $18,669.99 for one year of tuition and room, and board — valued at $23,000 — on Read More...
Naval Academy Tries New Tactics to Appeal to Minority Students
27 August 08 02:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
In an attempt to bring the demographic of the U.S. Naval Academy more in line with the Navy’s enlisted force, the academy has created an upbeat commercial and a graphic novel to attract more minorities to the school, according to an article in the Washington Read More...
Detroit Program Aims to Provide Full College Scholarships to Public High School Graduates
22 August 08 01:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Graduates of public high schools in Detroit, Mich., may receive full college scholarships in the near future, if the new Detroit College Promise scholarship program can raise the funds it needs, according to an article in The Detroit News (“ Group Plans Read More...
New Law May Simplify College Financial Aid Form
05 August 08 05:55 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Students and parents could spend less time filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid under a new provision of The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 , according to an article in The Austin American-Statesman , (“ New Law to Trim College Read More...
Despite Greater Benefits Under New GI Bill, Vets May Still Opt for Trade Schools, Community Colleges
25 July 08 03:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Recently published research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that approximately 57 percent of those veterans who used their GI Bill benefits in fiscal year 2007 attended either community colleges or for-profit institutions. Veterans Read More...
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...
New York May Soon Have Its Own Low-Interest Student Loan Program
23 July 08 12:33 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
New York is one of the few states in the country where college students do not have access to a low-interest, state-backed student loan program, according to a report by the New York State Commission on Higher Education (“ Final Report of Findings and Read More...
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...
All Veterans Qualify for In-State Tuition at Ohio Colleges With New GI Promise Legislation
16 July 08 03:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Ohio governor, Ted Strickland , recently announced the implementation of The Ohio G.I. Promise , the first plan of its kind in the nation to extend in-state tuition rates to all veterans who attend an Ohio state public college or university on the GI Read More...
New Certificate May Boost Credentials of Community College, Trade-School Graduates
15 July 08 03:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Students attending community colleges, trade, or professional schools may soon be required to pass yet another exam and receive additional credentials, the Career Readiness Certificate, before landing a job, according to an article in Inside Higher Education Read More...
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