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Sex Offenders May Lose Pell Grant Eligibility Under Revised Higher Education Act
04 August 08 04:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Starting July 1, 2009, sex offenders confined in treatment centers throughout the country may no longer be eligible to receive need-based federal Pell Grants , under a new provision of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, according to an article in Read More...

Filed under: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, AP, Associated Press, college loans, Congress, financial aid, grant aid, higher education, Michael Macleod-Ball, NextStudent, Pell Grants, President Bush, Ric Keller, sex offenders, Stephanie Babyak, student loans, U.S. Department of Education

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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Pell Increase ‘Official’ for 2007-08 School Year
21 February 07 06:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It is about time. On Feb. 14, 2007 Congress “did its duty” in my humble opinion. I almost feel like college students and their parents finally have been heard. What I mean is that we really are going to see an increase to our Pell Grants for the first Read More...

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Financial Aid Wars: Democrats and Republicans Try to Outdo Each Other
16 February 07 04:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It has been the hot topic in the news for the past couple months and on my blog, so we all should know by now that the 110th Congress is controlled by the Democrats. Why is that big news? Because 2007 is the first year the Democrats have controlled the Read More...

Filed under: federal student loans, financial aid, higher education, NextStudent, Pell Grants, PLUS Loans, Postsecondary Education, student loan consolidation

Pell Grant Increase: Where Is It All Coming From?
13 February 07 10:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Last week I speculated on how President Bush intended to pay for the increase in awards for Pell Grants. Now it is official, with the details recently being released. The president’s proposal is summarized in an article by Kelly Field titled “ How President Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, higher education, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program, NextStudent, Pell Grants, Perkins Loan Program, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program

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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