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The Three-Year College Option
19 August 09 01:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For some students, four years of a college education is simply too much to afford. But by accelerating their college career to reduce the amount of time they spend in the classroom, these student are able to reduce their overall cost of college. How do Read More...

Filed under: AP courses, AP exams, career, classroom, college, college credit, college degree programs, Education, high school, NextStudent, Online College Degrees, Students, universities, university

$1M Awarded to Unnamed Whistleblowers in Federal Student Aid Suit
24 April 09 02:22 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alta Colleges, operating 17 campuses in six states, recently settled a lawsuit involving student-aid fraud allegations and has agreed to pay the federal government $7 million. Read More...

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$100 Million Given to Oklahoma State University by Alumnus T. Boone Pickens
27 May 08 06:11 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Chairman of BP Capital Management and philanthropist, T. Boone Pickens , is giving $100 million to Oklahoma State University — the single largest academic donation ever made to a college or university in the state of Oklahoma, according to a university Read More...

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Student Correspondents to Get National Exposure as ABC News Launches College Campus News Bureaus
12 May 08 06:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an effort to reach younger viewers, ABC News plans to open five multimedia news bureaus on select college campuses this fall. Students will have their work featured on various ABC News outlets, including “Good Morning America,” “World News With Charles Gibson,” and “Nightline,” as well as on ABC News Radio and ABCNews.com. Read More...

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Can’t Find Your Friends? Check the Library
17 January 08 08:26 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Libraries aren’t what they used to be. No more stuffy, hair-bun-bearing librarians, no more thumbing through cumbersome card catalogs, and no more getting lost in aisles of endless Encyclopedia Britannicas. Libraries are now high-tech, high-speed information Read More...

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Library Book Past Due: Loan Denied
26 December 07 11:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Chances are you have overdue library books laying around in your dorm room or apartment. Maybe the book you checked out six months ago has become a part of your décor—a handy paperweight on your desk or an unconventional coaster on your coffee table. Read More...

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