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Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

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Oxford to Raise $2.5 Billion to Compete with U.S. Ivy Leagues
02 June 08 07:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an effort to keep up its better-funded Ivy League competition in the United States, the University of Oxford in London has embarked on the largest fundraising campaign in European academic history, with a fundraising goal of $2.5 billion. 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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Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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The New Financial Aid Landscape
26 April 08 12:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the media has been drawn in recent months to the looming student loan availability crisis, many of the country’s top colleges and universities have been revamping their financial aid programs to better assist parents and students in covering their college costs. Read More...

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