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Number of Students Applying for Federal Financial Aid Goes Up Almost 20%
12 August 08 04:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While college enrollment is only expected to grow by 300,000 students this year, some 1.3 million additional college students have already applied for federal financial aid — an increase of 17 percent, according to an article in U.S. News World Report 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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