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Virginia Commonwealth University Improperly Awarded Degree to Police Chief
11 September 08 01:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an incident that mirrors the recent scandal at West Virginia University where an executive M.B.A. was improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, an investigation found that Virginia Commonwealth University awarded the state’s police chief a bachelor’s Read More...

Filed under: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, college, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, degree scandal, FBI Academy, financial aid, improperly awarded degree, NextStudent, paying for college, Reeves Wiedeman, Rodney Monroe, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, University of Phoenix, Virginia Commonwealth University, West Virginia University

College Textbook Sales Drop, Online Piracy Possible Cause
05 September 08 02:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sales of new textbooks at some of the nation’s college presses are declining, and though many press directors are unsure why sales are slipping, others think it may have to do with online piracy of the books, according to an article in The Chronicle of Read More...

Filed under: Alex Holzman, Association of American University Presses, Cambridge University Press, Chicago Manual of Style, college, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, Daphne Ireland, financial aid, Jennifer Howard, NextStudent, Oxford University Press, paying for college, Princeton University Press, student loans, Temple University Press, textbook piracy, textbook sales, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, University of Chicago Press, University of Illinois Press, University of North Carolina Press, Willis Regier

Government’s Direct Lending Program Sees 43-Percent Increase in Volume
02 September 08 05:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As cash-strapped lenders continue to drop out of the Federal Family Education Loan Program , the number of student loans originated for the 2008–09 school year through the government’s Direct Loan Program has increased by 43 percent, reports The Chronicle Read More...

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Despite Greater Benefits Under New GI Bill, Vets May Still Opt for Trade Schools, Community Colleges
25 July 08 03:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Recently published research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that approximately 57 percent of those veterans who used their GI Bill benefits in fiscal year 2007 attended either community colleges or for-profit institutions. Veterans Read More...

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Colleges and Universities to Subsidize Unpaid Internships
23 July 08 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small, private schools are beginning to offer internship grants to students who would otherwise have been unable to accept an unpaid or low-paying intern position, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Subsidizing the Internship Read More...

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Many Private Colleges Face Uncertain Financial Futures, Moody’s Says
09 July 08 05:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last few years, private colleges have experienced significant financial growth. However, due to the tumultuous student-loan market, sagging economy, and poor performing investments, small private colleges may start to see a different financial Read More...

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Club Ed: University With Four-Star Service Caters to Students
08 July 08 05:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

President of North Carolina’s High Point University , Nido R. Qubein , who is also a motivational speaker and businessman, believes that students should be treated like customers and should enjoy obtaining their education, according to an article in The Read More...

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Unfinished Business: Congress May Break Before Higher-Ed Bills Reviewed
03 July 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While Congress is heading home for its annual Fourth of July recess, there are still many higher-education bills and pieces of legislation that need to be addressed before they break, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Higher- Read More...

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House Stalls Spending Bill That Would Boost Pell Grants, Biomedical Research
27 June 08 02:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A proposed spending bill that would raise Pell Grant award amounts and increase funding for the National Institutes of Health was delayed indefinitely Thursday after Democrats and Republicans began squabbling over the bill’s provisions, according to The Read More...

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Honesty Not Their Policy: Science Fraud at Universities Common, Ignored
24 June 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

“Surprisingly common but underreported” is how a report published in the journal Nature characterizes acts of scientific fraud at the nation’s universities, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Science Fraud at Universities Read More...

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States Increase Financial Aid Funding for Student Loans and Grants
23 June 08 02:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

State spending on financial aid for undergraduates increased 6 percent or by a total of $9.3 billion in 2006-07 academic year, after growth slowed to 3.4 percent during the 2005–06 academic year, according to a recent report by the National Association Read More...

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India Engineering Institute Bans Foreign Internships to Help Retain Graduates
04 June 08 01:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Despite producing approximately 240,000 engineering graduates every year, institutes of higher education in India graduate less than 1,000 engineering Ph.D.’s annually, because a vast majority of these students enroll in advanced degree programs in the Read More...

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Millions in Grant Money Go to California Colleges for Stem-Cell Research
16 May 08 03:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ In California, Read More...

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Senator Proposes Penalties for Colleges That Hoard Endowment Funds
15 May 08 11:58 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a recent letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means , Rep. Peter Welch , D-Vermont, proposed restricting IRA rollover contributions to colleges that don’t use their endowments to help low and middle-income students pay Read More...

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Proposed Bill Combines House, Senate Versions of the Higher Education Act
14 May 08 04:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Congressional aides hope to finalize a renewal of the Higher Education Act by Memorial Day that merges different versions of the proposed bill passed separately by the House of Representatives and the Senate last year, according to an article in The Chronicle Read More...

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