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Government Defense Proposal to Track College Degree Completion
15 March 07 09:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a March 12 article by Clifford Adelman titled, “Making Graduation Rates Matter,” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed , “ Education Secretary Margaret Spellings recently wrote a letter to the editor of The Detroit News in defense of her higher Read More...

Filed under: Commission on the Future of Higher Education, NextStudent, U.S. Department of Education

College Student Loan/Aid Programs: TRUE Reform Forthcoming?
27 February 07 06:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the midst of the plethora of democratic legislation being in limbo (STAR Act, Sunshine Act, Student Debt Relief Act, H.R. 5, still pending), the U.S. Department of Education appears to be doing something fresh and original. Instead of devising ways Read More...

Filed under: Commission on the Future of Higher Education, Department of Education, H.R. 5, NextStudent, Pell Grants, STAR Act, Student Debt Relief Act, Sunshine Act

American Council on Education Meeting
13 February 07 05:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The American Council on Education opened its 89th annual meeting this past Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. According to a Feb. 12, 2007 article by Richard Byrne titled “At Annual Meeting, Council Focuses on Issues of Access and Accountability,” that appeared in Read More...

Filed under: American Council on Education, College Funding, Commission on the Future of Higher Education, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, NextStudent