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Interest in Online Courses Rising as Gas Remains Above $4 Per Gallon
15 July 08 03:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at many colleges are opting for online courses this summer in an attempt to save money on gas, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Gas Prices Drive Students to Online Courses ,” July 8, 2008). "All across the country, Read More...

Filed under: Brevard Community College, College Financial Aid, college loans, College Student Loans, College Tuition, expensive gas, financial aid, Harrisburg Area Community College, high cost of gas, Jeffrey Young, NextStudent, Northampton Community College, online classes, online college, online college courses, rising gas prices, student loans, Tennessee Board of Regents, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, University of Illinois

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...

Filed under: college, College Financial Aid, college loans, College Student Loans, financial aid, Kate Moser, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition

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...

Filed under: businessman, Club Ed, college, College Student Loans, corporate consultant, financial aid, High Point University, Liberty University, motivational speaker, NextStudent, Nido R. Qubein, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thomas Bartlett, tuition

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...

Filed under: college, college loans, Department of Education, financial aid, Higher Education Act, National Institutes of Health, NextStudent, Pell Grant Increase, student financial aid, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition

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...

Filed under: biomedical research funding, college, college loans, David Obey, financial aid, House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, National Institutes of Health, NextStudent, NIH, oil drilling expansion, Pell Grants, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S House of Representatives

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...

Filed under: college, college loans, data fabrication, data falsification, ethical misconduct, financial aid, Jeffrey Brainard, Nature, NextStudent, Office of Research Integrity, research institutions, science research fraud, scientific fraud, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, university research, whistle blowers

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...

Filed under: college, college grants, college loans, fedderal student loans, federal financial aid, financial aid, grant aid, grants, National Assocation of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, NextStudent, state funding, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Community Colleges Want to Control How Much Certain Students Can Borrow in Student Loans
20 June 08 04:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Concerned that some students at two-year schools may borrow more in federal student loans than they can afford to repay, community college officials want the federal government to give community colleges control over how much their students can borrow Read More...

Filed under: AACC, American Association of Community Colleges, college graduation, college loans, community college loans, Community Colleges, David Baime, federal aid, federal student loans, federally subsidized student loans, financial aid, NextStudent, student borrowing, student loan debt, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, two-year schools

As Lawmakers Consider G.I. Bill Expansion, Colleges Reach Out to Veterans
18 June 08 06:33 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In spite of the financial assistance offered by the current G.I. Bill , military veterans face a series of daunting challenges when it comes to getting their college degree, including administrative hurdles and navigating the often complicated maze of Read More...

Filed under: American Council on Education, Congress, Department of Veterans Affairs, G.I. Bill, military veterans, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, NextStudent, San Diego State University, Stephen Weber, Syracuse University, The Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Idaho, University of Marylanda University College, veterans

Higher Education Act Likely to Hold Colleges More Accountable for their Spending
12 June 08 10:53 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Once Congress negotiates the latest reauthorization terms of the Higher Education Act, colleges will likely be required to report to the federal government on at least 300 new topics including tuition increases, transfer-of-credit policies, and file sharing, Read More...

Filed under: Association for Institutional Research, college affordability, college loans, college spending, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Higher Education Act, Judith Eaton, NextStudent, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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...

Filed under: Ashok Misra, college, college loans, engineering graduate schools, engineering majors, Georgia Institute of Technology, Grad PLUS loans, Indian Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology Bombay, Institute of Technology Mumbai, NextStudent, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Southern California

University of Wisconsin Students Win $10K in Business Plan Competition
28 May 08 06:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sky Vegetables — the brainchild of University of Wisconsin-Madison business students Keith Agoada and Troy Vosseller — was the grand prize winning idea of the school’s 2008 G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition , according to an article in The Chronicle Read More...

Filed under: agriculture, business school, California agriculture, carbon emissions, college MBA, G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition, hydroponic agriculture, hydroponic greenhouses, Keith Agoada, NextStudent, Sky Vegetables, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Troy Vosseller, University of California Wisonsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Govenor's Business Plan Contest

Education Reforms Could Help High School Students Better Prepare for College
21 May 08 10:46 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Combining the core academic methods of college preparatory schools with the teaching strategies used by career- and technical-education programs, could better prepare many high school students to graduate ready for college or a career, according to a Read More...

Filed under: career programs, college loans, college preparatory schools, high school, NextStudent, Southern Regional Education Board, SREB, student loans, technical education programs, technical jobs, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Grand Canyon University to Debut on Wall Street with $230M IPO
19 May 08 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Officials at Grand Canyon University , a private Christian college in Phoenix, announced they plan to take the university public. Grand Canyon Education, Inc., owner of the privately held GCU, recently filed a registration statement with the Securities Read More...

Filed under: Brent Richardson, Christian college, college loans, Credit Suisse, GCU, Grand Canyon University, Merrill Lynch, NASDAQ, NextStudent, Securities and Exchange Commission, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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...

Filed under: Arnold Kriegstein, California, California bond money, California schools, college, college loans, Institute for Regeneration Medicine, NextStudent, Stanford University, stem cell clinical studies, stem cell debate, stem cell research, stem cells, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Scripps Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, University of Southern California