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College Scholarships Dry Up Along With Endowment Funding
17 March 09 02:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the six-month period ending in December, college endowments nationwide lost an average of 24 percent, according to the nonprofit Commonfund Institute of Connecticut, forcing a handful of small regional universities to make significant cutbacks to their scholarship funds for the upcoming fall semester. Read More...

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University of Washington Plans Largest Environmental College in the World
22 May 08 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Earlier this month, the University of Washington released a report detailing plans to create an environmental college that would rival similar colleges at Duke University , Stanford University , Yale University , and Western Washington University , according Read More...

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As Food Prices Rise, Cost of Campus Meal Plans Going Up
09 May 08 06:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

College students may see a sharp spike in the cost of their on-campus meal plans this fall due to rising food prices. Several schools have already announced that they intend to increase their meal-plan prices next year, and it’s likely that many more schools will follow. Read More...

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