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The Three-Year College Option
19 August 09 01:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For some students, four years of a college education is simply too much to afford. But by accelerating their college career to reduce the amount of time they spend in the classroom, these student are able to reduce their overall cost of college. How do Read More...

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College Students May Be Sheltered From Down Economy, for Now
14 November 08 03:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Regardless of how long the economy remains in crisis or whether or not this crisis becomes a recession, the effect on students will likely be minimal, at least in the short-term, says Fred Ruppel, economics professor at Eastern Kentucky University (“ Read More...

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Bear Stearns Takeover Leaves Business-School Students Scrambling
14 April 08 08:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

BearStearns CEO, Jimmy Cayne, seems to have been the only former Stearns employee to make it out of the JPMorgan Chase buyout relatively unscathed — at least in non-CEO terms — walking away with $61.3 million in sold shares. Even though, in his own high-priced Read More...

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