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Concerned About College Costs, Texas Board Considers Changes to State Financial Aid
22 July 08 05:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is considering restructuring the state’s financial aid programs amid growing concerns about college affordability. Proposed changes would raise the academic standards students must meet to qualify for the Read More...

Filed under: academic standards, ACT, class of 2009, college affordability, college costs, college grants, college loans, education board, financial aid, financial gap, higher education, Houston Chronicle, Low-Income Students, Max Castillo, middle-income students, National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, NextStudent, Rodney Ellis, SAT, student loans, Texas Grant program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, University of Houston

College Offers Students a No-Cost, No-Student-Loan Education With Funds From Its $1.1 Billion Endowment
22 July 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Berea College is drawing the attention of lawmakers for its no-frills approach to education and its free tuition policy. The private Kentucky college — founded 150 years ago to educate freed slaves and “poor white mountaineers” — accepts only applicants Read More...

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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...

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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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‘Fear Factor’ Experiment Seeks to Aid Low-Income Students
22 February 07 10:52 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Feb. 20, 2007 article titled “Lifeline to Low-Income Students” written by Doug Lederman that appeared in Inside Higher Ed proposes an intriguing if shaky reason why lower-income students “are far less likely to go to college than their peers.” The Read More...

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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

Hope On The Horizon: Student Debt Relief Act in Senate
24 January 07 08:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

I have posted blogs in the past several weeks regarding states that are implementing college financial aid programs at the community college or public college level, making education an affordable reality for lower-income students. Just yesterday a major Read More...

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