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‘Swine Flu’ Causes Colleges to Cancel Study Abroad Programs
01 May 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the swine flu virus (H1N1) hasn’t hit most U.S. college campuses, college health officials are starting to take precautions, including cancelling study abroad programs in Mexico. Read More...

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Enrollment Up at For-Profit Colleges Despite Economy
16 December 08 10:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While numerous nonprofit colleges have halted construction and are undergoing hiring freezes and other cutbacks due to the declining economy, for-profit colleges are seeing higher enrollment numbers and higher profit margins (“ Economic Downturn Is a Read More...

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Colleges Want Piece of Federal Government’s “Bailout Pie”
20 November 08 04:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With 39 states anticipating budget shortfalls next year totaling more than $100 billion, colleges are urging Congress to include them in a second economic stimulus bill currently being drafted, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (“ As the Economic Read More...

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Changes to Student Loan Repayment Programs Not Enough, Advocates Say
30 October 08 11:34 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite 1,500 individuals and a dozen national organizations pushing for further changes to legislative provisions that help low-income college students repay their student loans, the Education Department recently issued the provisions’ final regulations Read More...

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Technical College May Lose Ability to Offer Federal Financial Aid For Violating Newly-Relaxed Aid Rule
20 August 08 01:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Star Technical Institute , a technical college in New Jersey, may not be able to offer federal financial aid to students at two of its seven campuses for allegedly violating a federal law that requires colleges to obtain 10 percent or more of their revenues Read More...

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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

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Professors Pay Students’ Tuition With New 'Opportunity Scholarship'
17 July 08 04:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an effort to stem the drop-out rate of low-income and immigrant students at California’s Santa Ana College , some professors are paying for their students’ tuition through the school’s new Opportunity Scholarship, according to an Inside Higher Ed article Read More...

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