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Massachusetts Shortchanges College Students on Financial Aid
17 July 08 04:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although Massachusetts is known as a hub for higher education, the state lags behind other states in awarding financial aid to college students, a shortfall that many educators say is limiting access to a college education for low-income and minority Read More...

Filed under: college, college costs, college grants, college loans, Deval Patrick, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Joint Committee on Higher Education, Low-Income Students, Massachusetts state grant aid, Masschusetts college students, MIT, NextStudent, private college tuition, private colleges and universities, private student loans, public college tuition, Robert O'Leary, student loans, The Boston Globe, tuition

NextStudent to Be Spotlighted at Largest Virtual College Fair
10 July 08 09:06 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Don Fenstermaker, the founder and CEO of NextStudent, will join noted names Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, and Kim Clark, senior writer for U.S. World & News Report, as one of only a few financial aid experts to give a live streaming video keynote presentation on college financing at today’s CollegeWeekLive event. Read More...

Filed under: college, college fair, college loans, CollegeWeekLive, Education Finance Advisors, federal student loans, FinAid, FinAid.org, financial aid, financing, higher education, Kim Clark, Mark Kantrowitz, NextPath, NextStudent, Paying for College, private student loans, Scholarship Search Engine, Scholarships, student loans, tuition, U.S. News & World Report

Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

Filed under: Amherst, Christopher Gruber, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Columbia University, Dartmouth, Davidson College, debt, federal student loans, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Jonathan Epstein, loan caps, Maguire Associates, NextStudent, North Carolina, Princeton, private student loans, Stanford, student loan debt, student loans, Swarthmore, tuition, Yale

Harvard Professor Urges Students to Consider Public Service Over Wall Street
25 June 08 12:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 6 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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Teach for America Sees Surge in Applications
24 June 08 03:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Teach for America, the nonprofit program that recruits graduates of elite colleges to become teachers at underserved public schools, is on a winning streak, according to U.S. News & World Report (“ Plenty of Praise for Teach for America ,” June 20, Read More...

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Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

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Trade Schools Are Better Than Community Colleges, Say Americans in Poll
11 June 08 06:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Results of a recent public opinion poll point to a strong belief among Americans that career and technical colleges may be better than community colleges at preparing students for today’s competitive workforce, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

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NextStudent Unveils Website with New Look, Improved Features
06 June 08 06:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

NextStudent has a sleek new website with upgraded features designed to offer you the most comprehensive and easy-to-use financial aid resource on the Web. Check out our new online application, find free money for school, and get the all the info you need on student loans and your financial aid options. Read More...

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Colorado Colleges and Universities Receive $200 Million in Construction Funding
27 May 08 04:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter recently signed into law the Higher-Education Construction Act, allocating more than $200 million for construction projects at colleges and universities across the state, according to an article in The Cherry Creek News (“ Read More...

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Cuomo to Make Investigation into Colleges’ Credit-Card Deals Public
19 April 08 02:05 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The results of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s investigation into the relationship between colleges with co-branded credit cards and the banks that issue them are expected to be released within the next two months. Benjamin Lawsky, Cuomo’s deputy Read More...

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Student Loan Debt Is on the Rise, and College Grads Face Growing Financial Obstacles
04 November 07 08:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Money. Some of us have it. Some of us need more of it. Particularly recent college grads transitioning from their campus to the workspace, from having student loans available that help pay their living expenses to having to make it on their own—all while Read More...

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Problems between Researchers and Policy-Makers
23 May 07 09:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For weeks education researchers and policy-makers have been trying to come to a consensus on the best way to come to terms on policy that affects higher education standards. Although strides have been made, according to a May 22, 2007 article written Read More...

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FY08 Budget Update
08 May 07 05:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a May 4, 2007 article briefing titled “Accordance on Budget Resolution Imminent” that appeared in the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs Inc.’s Daily Briefing , “ To expand on yesterday’s overview of FY 08 budget resolution Read More...

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Corporate Sponsorships and the Future of Higher Education
30 April 07 09:15 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It is commonplace to see the names of companies plastered on billboards in stadiums, and even all over college campuses. Corporate sponsorship pervades our society, so much so that many just glaze over such ads, with the company name or its products barely Read More...

Filed under: Corporate Sponsorships, higher education, NextStudent, U.S. Department of Education

Who Decides if Higher Ed in the United States is Up to Par?
25 April 07 09:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

So, I’ve been following the quality and accountability in higher education debate for a while. Basically, the U.S. Department of Education, represented by Margaret Spellings, the Secretary of Education, and representatives from higher education institutions Read More...

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