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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...

Filed under: American Council on Education, Associated Press, college, college financial aid, college level classes, college loans, Dr Margaret Drugovich, economic challenges, financial aid, Hartwick College, internship, Joy Newcom, Justin Pope, Lamar Alexander, Margaret Drugovich, New York, NextStudent, paying for college, recession, research practicum, Rhode Island, Sen. Lamar Alexander, student loans, study abroad, Tamar Lewin, three year degree, three year program, top quality education, tuition, Upper Iowa University, Waldorf College, winter session

Study Abroad Reform Bill Stalls in Senate
01 August 08 02:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act , a bill that supports study abroad reforms, and is one of 35 bills that compose Sen. Harry Reid’s Advancing America’s Priorities Act , has stalled in the Senate, according to an article in Inside Higher Education Read More...

Filed under: Advancing America’s Priorities Act, college, college loans, College Student Loans, College Tuition, Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, David Moltz, financial aid, Inside Higher Education, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, NextStudent, Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, student loans, study abroad, Study Abroad Reform Bill, tuition

Options to Study Sign Language Overseas Slowly Growing
16 May 08 02:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students who want to study American Sign Language — the fourth most commonly taught language other than English at American colleges and universities — have limited, but growing, options to enroll in sign language programs abroad, according to an article Read More...

Filed under: American Sign Language, ASL, college loans, deaf, Goshen College, international education, Italian, Italian Sign Language, Italy, Jamaica, Jamaican Sign Language, language programs, MLA, Modern Language Association, NextStudent, schools for the deaf, Sheila Yoder, Siena School for Liberal Arts, sign language, student loans, study abroad, University of New Mexico

Elite Korean Schools Prep Students for American Ivy Leagues
10 May 08 10:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

South Korea has some 103,000 students studying at American colleges and universities, outnumbered only by students from India and China, nations which have more than 20 times the population of South Korea, writes Sam Dillon of The New York Times (“ Elite Read More...

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Cornell Medical School in Qatar Makes History with Inaugural Class
09 May 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Cornell University’s medical school in Qatar graduated its inaugural class on May 8, marking the first time a U.S.-based medical school has awarded degrees outside the United States. 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...

Filed under: arts education, college, college endowments, college loans, David Rockefeller, Harvard alumni, Harvard University, international study abroad program, NextStudent, private student loans, Stephanie Strom, student loans, study abroad, The New York Times

Study Abroad Charges Challenged in Lawsuit
03 March 08 02:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How much college students are required to pay for their study-abroad programs could hang in the balance of a recent lawsuit brought by a father against his daughter’s school. The suit, reported by Karin Fischer in The Chronicle of Higher Education , challenges Read More...

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Study Abroad Industry Battles Criticisms as It Struggles to Standardize
23 August 07 01:07 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College study abroad programs have witnessed almost 150 percent growth over the past decade, sending more than 200,000 college students to universities all over the world, according to an article by Diana Jean Schemo in The New York Times (“ In Study Read More...

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