Browse by Tags

• Agnes Scott College
• Agnes Solution
• airline industry
• Alta Colleges
• American Association of Medical Colleges
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• Andrew Mytelka
• Anthony Cronin
• Association of American Universities
• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
• auto industry
• Beckie Supiano
• Big Ten
• Brent Gage
• Brother James Miller Program for Access
• Bruce Fafard
• budget shortfall
• Bush administration
• business development
• business downturn
• business incentives
• Business Wire
• campus construction
• cash for college
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Chrysler
• college
• college associations
• college costs
• college loans
• college lobbyists
• college student
• Connecticut
• Connecticut governor
• Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority
• Craig Carroll
• credit union
• Credit Union League of Connecticut
• Cynthia Littlefield
• demand for student aid
• Denver
• deteriorating economy
• economic downturn
• economic stimulus bill
• economy
• educated labor force
• employment
• endowments
• existing loan program
• extended grace period
• FAFSA
• false claim
• False Claims Act
• family budgets
• federal aid
• federal government
• federal stimulus money
• federal student aid
• federal student loan guarantor
• financial aid
• financial aid program
• financial aid season
• financial assistance
• financial resource
• financially needy student
• Ford
• four year school
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• Freshmen
• General Motors
• George Burnett
• Georgia
• GM
• NextStudent
• paying for college
• Pell
• Pell Grant
• Pell Grants
• President Bush
• President elect Obama
• principal
• recession
• Roy Brown
• Saint Mary's University
• Senate bill 304
• StamfordPlus.com
• state government
• state aid
• state credit union
• state grants
• state license
• student
• Student Aid Alliance
• student loans
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• TheDay.com
• tuition
• tuition bills
• two year school
• underclassmen

$1M Awarded to Unnamed Whistleblowers in Federal Student Aid Suit
24 April 09 02:22 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alta Colleges, operating 17 campuses in six states, recently settled a lawsuit involving student-aid fraud allegations and has agreed to pay the federal government $7 million. Read More...

Filed under: Alta Colleges, Andrew Mytelka, college, college financial aid, college loans, Denver, false claim, False Claims Act, federal government, federal student aid, financial aid, George Burnett, graduates, Graduation, interior design, interior design industry, interior design program, job placement reporting, jobs, licensing requirements, misrepresentation, NextStudent, paying for college, state license, student aid fraud, student loans, Students, The Associated Press, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, Westwood Colleges, whistleblowers

Senate Bill to Pay Off Student Loans for Montana Graduates
17 February 09 01:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new bill facing the Montana Senate would give college graduates an incentive to seek employment in the state by creating a tax credit program for employers who help pay off a portion of graduates’ student loans, reports the Montana Kaimin (“ Senate Read More...

Filed under: business incentives, college, college financial aid, college loans, employment, federal stimulus money, federal student loan guarantor, financial aid, four year school, jobs, Keep Our Kids Here Tax Credit, Lauren Russell, lobbyist, Lucas Hamilton, Montana, Montana graduates, Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program, Montana Kaimin, Montana Senate, Montana tax credit, Montana University System, NextStudent, paying for college, Roy Brown, Senate bill 304, student loan debt, student loans, tax credit, tax credit program, tax year, tuition, two year school, wages

Colleges Step Up, Help Students With Extra Financial Aid
08 January 09 04:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

If recent data is any indication, families are struggling to come up with the cash they need to send their children to college, and schools across the country are doing something to help those who’ve come up short, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

Filed under: Agnes Scott College, Agnes Solution, Beckie Supiano, Big Ten, Brent Gage, Brother James Miller Program for Access, business downturn, Business Wire, cash for college, college, college financial aid, college loans, Craig Carroll, demand for student aid, economic downturn, extended grace period, FAFSA, family budgets, federal aid, financial aid, financial aid program, financial aid season, financial assistance, financially needy student, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Freshmen, Georgia, Hope Scholarship, Huskie Advantage, jobs, low income, middle income, Minnesota, need based aid, NextStudent, Northern Illinois University, paying for college, Pell Grants, recession, Saint Mary's University, state aid, state grants, student, Student Financial Aid Services, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, tuition bills, underclassmen, upperclassmen

Connecticut Credit Unions Begin Offering Low-Interest Student Loans
16 December 08 05:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help ensure that Connecticut students continue to have access to higher education in today’s economy, Governor M. Jodi Rell recently announced a new $17.5 million initiative that will help students obtain college loans at interest rates as low as 5.75 Read More...

Filed under: Anthony Cronin, Bruce Fafard, college, college costs, college financial aid, college loans, college student, Connecticut, Connecticut governor, Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, credit union, Credit Union League of Connecticut, economy, educated labor force, existing loan program, financial aid, financial resource, governor, Governor Rell, interest, Jim Metcalf, jobs, Ledge Light Credit Union, M. Jodi Rell, NextStudent, paying for college, principal, StamfordPlus.com, state credit union, student loans, TheDay.com, tuition

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...

Filed under: airline industry, American Association of Medical Colleges, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Association of American Universities, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, auto industry, budget shortfall, Bush administration, business development, campus construction, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chrysler, college, college associations, college financial aid, college loans, college lobbyists, Cynthia Littlefield, deteriorating economy, economic stimulus bill, endowments, financial aid, Ford, General Motors, GM, government aid, jobs, National Institutes of Health, needy students, NextStudent, Obama administration, paying for college, Pell, Pell Grant, President Bush, President elect Obama, state government, Student Aid Alliance, student loans, tax revenue, tuition, work ready students