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Stimulus Funds Give Oregon Pell-Grant Recipients a Boost
07 April 09 11:54 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Funding from President Obama’s stimulus plan will soon reach Oregon college students in the form of almost $280 million in Pell Grant funds, a 41-percent jump over the previous year. 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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States That Don’t Need Stimulus Funds to Benefit Anyway
19 February 09 11:35 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While some states whose colleges are starving for money due to budget cuts are eagerly awaiting their share of the federal economic stimulus bill, the states that don’t need the stimulus money, or may not want it, may be getting it anyway, reports The Read More...

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