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Harvard’s $34 Billion Endowment Not Immune to Financial Crisis
12 November 08 06:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Harvard University’s whopping $34 billion endowment is declining in the current economic crisis, and the hits could keep coming, wrote university president, Drew Gilpin Faust , in a recent e-mail sent to students and employees (“ A Sober Message From Read More...

Filed under: Brown University, college endowments, college loans, Cornell University, Drew Gilpin Faust, financial aid, Harvard University, hiring freezes, NextStudent, student loans, The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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...

Filed under: College Board, college endowments, college loans, college tuition hike, economic downturn, financial aid, George Washington University, Harvard University, Karen Lawrence, New York University, NextStudent, private colleges, Sarah Lawrence College, student loans

College Employees’ Donations to Obama Far Outweigh Contributions to McCain
24 October 08 10:38 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College employees have given eight times as much money to Barack Obama ’s presidential campaign — $12.2 million — as they have to John McCain ’s — just over $1.5 million, making it the widest gap in donations by academics in the past five presidential Read More...

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Citibank Suspends Student Loan Program for International Students
15 October 08 06:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Citibank announced it is canceling its private student loan program for international students in an effort to minimize its financial risk during the global financial crisis, Bloomberg reports (“ Citigroup Curbs Foreign-Student Loans at Harvard, MIT, 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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Harvard Professor Urges Students to Consider Public Service Over Wall Street
25 June 08 12:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 7 Comments   

A Harvard University education professor is challenging undergraduates at elite colleges to forgo high-paying consulting and finance jobs, for careers in public service. The professor, Howard Gardner , is leading seminars at Harvard and, Amherst College Read More...

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Controversial Saudi Prince Funds Islamic Centers Abroad
13 May 08 04:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud, a member of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, has endowed $31 million to Britain’s Cambridge and Edinburgh universities to create research centers devoted to Islamic studies. The two academic centers will focus Read More...

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Rockefeller Gives $100 Million to Harvard
29 April 08 04:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Recently, Harvard University alumnus David Rockefeller, announced that he will be giving his alma mater the single largest gift from a former student ever, writes Stephanie Strom of The New York Times , (“ Rockefeller Gives Harvard $100 Million ,” April Read More...

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