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Attention Freshmen and Transfer Students: Colleges Still Have Openings
07 May 09 03:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Almost 260 colleges and universities around the country still have openings for students, and most of these schools still have ample financial aid available. Read More...

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State Colleges Cut Staff, Programs as Budgets Slashed
20 March 09 11:32 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State University who seven years ago promised to make ASU “The New American University” and to grow the school’s enrollment to 100,000 students by 2020, could see his plans go unfulfilled because of state budget cuts. Read More...

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What’s Up Doc? Medical Schools Expand as Economy Retracts
19 March 09 03:15 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Looking at the growth of medical schools in the United States you’d never know America is in the middle of a recession. Even as the economy continues its downward spiral, medical schools are expanding, says Dr. J. James Rohack, the president-elect of the American Medical Association. Read More...

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Students Could Save $40,000 by Completing College Degree in 3 Years
27 February 09 01:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students attending Hartwick College in New York may now be able to save over $40,000 on their education by enrolling in a new three- year college degree program, according to a recent news release from the college (“ Hartwick College Announces Three-Year Read More...

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Calif. Colleges Failing to Produce Workforce-Ready Students
23 February 09 02:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

California is in danger of losing a large portion of its future workforce if the state education system continues to fail to adequately accommodate its college-age population, reports Gale Holland of the Los Angeles Times (“ California Colleges Face ‘Serious Read More...

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Students Brace for Largest Tuition Jump in Years
20 January 09 04:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Tuition increases at the nation’s colleges are inevitable. However, in the current economic climate — where states are slashing budgets to the bone — public colleges are being forced to raise tuition at rates that haven’t been seen in years, reports The Read More...

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Down Economy May Be Driving Students to Online Education
15 January 09 02:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As jobs continue to disappear and unemployment soars, large numbers of adult learners may soon be enrolling in online programs, particularly at two-year colleges and for-profit institutions, according to a new online education survey (“ Recession May Read More...

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Number of Students With Unpaid Tuition Bills Growing
13 January 09 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Colleges and universities all across the country are seeing larger numbers of students who may soon be forced to drop out of college due to unpaid bills, according to a recent survey (“ Unpaid College Tuition Bills Rise, Survey Finds ,” U.S. News & Read More...

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Colleges Step Up, Help Students With Extra Financial Aid
08 January 09 04:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

If recent data is any indication, families are struggling to come up with the cash they need to send their children to college, and schools across the country are doing something to help those who’ve come up short, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

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College Student Finance Guru Blogs His Way to Book Deal
06 January 09 02:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Zac Bissonnette is living the blogger’s dream, getting paid to write for TheDailyBeast.com and AOL’s WalletPop.com , and now landing a book deal that may be just the ticket for helping him weather a dismal job market in one of the worst recessions in Read More...

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Ohio State Commits to Helping Students in Financial Turmoil
23 December 08 05:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The largest university in the nation, Ohio State University , has taken steps to ensure that its students who rely on financial aid will still be able to complete their degree program in spite of the economic recession, the school announced in a press Read More...

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Economy Takes Its Toll: Some Small Colleges to Shut Their Doors
19 November 08 03:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Americans could see more college closures, particularly among small schools with shrinking enrollment numbers as the slowing economy continues to claim more victims across every sector, The Associated Press reports (“ College Closings Rare, but Could Read More...

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College Students May Be Sheltered From Down Economy, for Now
14 November 08 03:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Regardless of how long the economy remains in crisis or whether or not this crisis becomes a recession, the effect on students will likely be minimal, at least in the short-term, says Fred Ruppel, economics professor at Eastern Kentucky University (“ Read More...

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Paying for College Gets More Challenging For Families
22 October 08 05:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Paying for college definitely isn’t getting any easier. “It just seems like it’s really hard, because it is,” says Diana Jacobs, a mother of twin, college seniors, whose husband recently lost his job, forcing the family to go from borrowing modestly to Read More...

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Number of Students Applying for Federal Financial Aid Goes Up Almost 20%
12 August 08 04:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While college enrollment is only expected to grow by 300,000 students this year, some 1.3 million additional college students have already applied for federal financial aid — an increase of 17 percent, according to an article in U.S. News World Report Read More...

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