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‘Swine Flu’ Causes Colleges to Cancel Study Abroad Programs
01 May 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the swine flu virus (H1N1) hasn’t hit most U.S. college campuses, college health officials are starting to take precautions, including cancelling study abroad programs in Mexico. Read More...

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2009 College Grads: If You Can Find a Job, Expect a Lower Salary
16 April 09 02:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Getting a decent job this spring is going to be tough: not only are employers projecting that they’ll hire 22 percent fewer college graduates, but they also plan to pay those graduates less than their peers were paid last year. Read More...

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Laptop Bans by College Professors May Improve Class Discussions
19 June 08 02:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some professors at the nation’s most prominent law schools are resorting to classroom laptop bans to help reengage law students in lectures and discussions, and, despite students’ claims that the anti-laptop policies deny them a proper education, professors Read More...

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Credit Unions Offer Themselves as Partial Solution to Looming Student Loan Crisis
12 April 08 11:19 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last six months alone, since legislators eliminated over $21 billion in subsidies to student loan lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, at least 44 FFELP lenders have stopped originating federal student loans. This exodus of lenders Read More...

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