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Princeton Review Exposes Thousands of Students’ Personal Info
19 August 08 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For nearly two months, thousands of the The Princeton Review’s private files including folders containing the company’s and test-takers’ personal data were unintentionally made accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, according to an article Read More...

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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...

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Students Who Cheat on ACT, SAT Exams Face Few Consequences
16 July 08 02:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at a Los Angeles area high school are suspected of paying a former student to take the ACT college entrance exam in their place. The alleged cheaters will likely have their scores invalidated, but the colleges and universities that received the Read More...

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New SAT Test Fails to Show Improvements, College Board Finds
18 June 08 07:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite dramatic changes to the SAT that were designed to help colleges and universities better predict a student’s academic performance in college, the adjustments did not “substantially change” how accurately the test predicts first-year grades, according Read More...

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College Board Helps College Recruiters Target Low-Income Students
28 May 08 01:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As part of a College Board pilot program nearly 30 colleges and universities will be allowed to buy the names and personal information of low-income high school students — a data set that has been off limits since the early 1980s, according to the Chicago Read More...

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Your Video iPod: It Plays Music, It Plays TV and Now It Preps You for Your SATs
06 July 07 11:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Thick books full of practice tests. Books with vocabulary lists. Books offering tips for word problems, reading comprehension and timed essays. Special tutors, rigorous training sessions, and now—the iPod. As high schoolers gear up for SAT season in the Read More...

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