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House Dems Get Second Crack at Higher Education Appropriations Bill
25 February 09 04:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just days after President Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law, House Democrats have reintroduced a $410 billion overdue appropriations measure that would finance dozens of federal agencies and programs, including many related to Read More...

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Tens of Thousands of College Work-Study Students to Benefit From Stimulus
24 February 09 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

An additional 130,000 college work-study students may have jobs next year thanks to the economic-stimulus bill that President Obama just signed into law which allocates approximately $200 million in new funding for Federal Work-Study Programs , reports 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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