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College Tuition, Student Borrowing On the Rise In Down Economy
03 November 08 01:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new report has found that last year’s increases in college tuition were more on pace with rises in the Consumer Price Index — the measure of the average price of consumer goods and services. But despite the relative steadiness of college affordability, Read More...

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Paying for College Gets More Challenging For Families
22 October 08 05:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Paying for college definitely isn’t getting any easier. “It just seems like it’s really hard, because it is,” says Diana Jacobs, a mother of twin, college seniors, whose husband recently lost his job, forcing the family to go from borrowing modestly to Read More...

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Concerned About College Costs, Texas Board Considers Changes to State Financial Aid
22 July 08 05:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is considering restructuring the state’s financial aid programs amid growing concerns about college affordability. Proposed changes would raise the academic standards students must meet to qualify for the Read More...

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Higher Education Act Likely to Hold Colleges More Accountable for their Spending
12 June 08 10:53 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Once Congress negotiates the latest reauthorization terms of the Higher Education Act, colleges will likely be required to report to the federal government on at least 300 new topics including tuition increases, transfer-of-credit policies, and file sharing, Read More...

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Wesleyan University Student-Pioneered Endowment First of Its Kind
05 May 08 10:25 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The student government at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has established an endowment that it hopes will eventually eliminate the $270 activity fee required of all students, writes Charles Proctor of The Hartford Courant (“ Wesleyan Students Read More...

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