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Dorms Add to Community Colleges’ Appeal
14 April 09 04:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an attempt to offer a low-cost alternative to college students who typically attend more expensive private and public institutions, community colleges have started building on-campus dorms, a move that may soon alter the commuter culture at such schools. Read More...

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‘Discriminatory’ UC Admissions Policy Angers Asian Community
03 April 09 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new University of California admissions policy intended to increase the diversity of the school system’s student body may actually do the opposite, boosting the number of white students while decreasing the size of the Asian population. Read More...

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UC System Considers “Free” Tuition for Lower-Income Families
27 January 09 04:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The University of California is considering a program which would offer certain students free tuition, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ U. of California to Consider Covering Tuition for Families Below State’s Median Income ,” Jan. 22, 2009). Read More...

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College Employees’ Donations to Obama Far Outweigh Contributions to McCain
24 October 08 10:38 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College employees have given eight times as much money to Barack Obama ’s presidential campaign — $12.2 million — as they have to John McCain ’s — just over $1.5 million, making it the widest gap in donations by academics in the past five presidential Read More...

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