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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...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education, College Financial Aid, college loans, College Tuition, financial aid, James Heggen, Jeff McMillan, Loans, NextStudent, Santa Ana College, student loans Los Angeles Times, tuition

Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

Filed under: Amherst, Christopher Gruber, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Columbia University, Dartmouth, Davidson College, debt, federal student loans, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Jonathan Epstein, loan caps, Maguire Associates, NextStudent, North Carolina, Princeton, private student loans, Stanford, student loan debt, student loans, Swarthmore, tuition, Yale

Trade School Students No Longer Protected Under California Law
07 July 08 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

California students at for-profit colleges now have fewer legal rights if their institution goes out of business. The state law that regulated for-profit colleges, which enroll some 400,000 students, expired at the end of June and lawmakers recently rejected Read More...

Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, Corinthian Colleges, financial aid, for-profit colleges, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles Times, NextStudent, student loans, trade schools, tuition

Learn This, Professor: Shorter is Better
27 June 08 03:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Traditional college professors attempting to venture into online learning may be in store for a rather unpleasant surprise: What works in the classroom doesn’t necessarily work on the internet, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, classroom, college, college loans, financial aid, Jeffrey Young, mini-lecture, NextStudent, online learning, student loans, tuition, York University, YouTube, YouTube Professor

State-Based Loan Agencies May Not Offer Student Loans, Despite Government Intervention
20 June 08 04:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just this year, some 112 student loan lenders have cut back or ended their participation in the federal and private student loan markets, including nine state loan agencies, who have each issued slightly different responses to the industry’s changes, Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, Eric Kelderman, financial aid, Missouri Education Loan Authority, Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, NextStudent, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, State Lenders, State-Based Loan Agencies, student loans, tuition

Gas Prices Put the Squeeze on Community College Students
17 June 08 05:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

With gasoline prices approaching $5 a gallon, students who attend community colleges in rural America — where a one-way trip to school is often 30 miles or more — are being forced to make some tough decisions about school, according to an article in The Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, community college, financial aid, gas prices, Libby Sander, NextStudent, student loans, tuition, University of New Mexico, Williston State College

Trade Schools Are Better Than Community Colleges, Say Americans in Poll
11 June 08 06:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Results of a recent public opinion poll point to a strong belief among Americans that career and technical colleges may be better than community colleges at preparing students for today’s competitive workforce, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

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2009 Budget Resolution with More Money for Education Approved by Senate
09 June 08 03:48 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The U.S. Senate approved an $84.3-billion discretionary spending blueprint for the 2009 fiscal year that greatly increases federal funds for education as well as scientific research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Senate Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, House of Representatives, Kelly Field, NextStudent, Pell Grant program, student loans, U.S. Senate

College May Be Stripped of Its Ability to Offer Some Federal Student Loans
29 May 08 01:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The federal government is considering revoking a college’s ability to offer subsidized federal student loans — namely Perkins and Stafford loans — as allegations surface that the school, Technical Career Institute , has been paying off the loans of some Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, EVCI Career Colleges Holdings Corp., NextStudent, Perkins student loans, Stafford student loans, student loan lenders, student loans, subsidized federal student loans, TCI, Technical Career Institute, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education Inspector General

U.S. Colleges to Provide Iraq Troops With On-Site Courses
22 May 08 03:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Beginning August 1, 2008, three U.S. colleges will be the first schools to offer on-ground instruction to U.S. troops in Iraq, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ The Educated Soldier: 3 Colleges Will Provide Courses for Forces Read More...

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As Food Prices Rise, Cost of Campus Meal Plans Going Up
09 May 08 06:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

College students may see a sharp spike in the cost of their on-campus meal plans this fall due to rising food prices. Several schools have already announced that they intend to increase their meal-plan prices next year, and it’s likely that many more schools will follow. Read More...

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Lowest-Income Students Need More Pell Aid, Authors of New Report Find
05 May 08 04:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help low-income students attend college, larger Pell Grants should be awarded to the most “financially needy” college students, according to a new report (“ Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students With the Lowest Incomes ”). Read More...

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Fewer Foreign Students Seeking Advanced Degrees in the U.S.
16 April 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The growth rate of international students studying at American colleges and universities has slowed, despite an increase in foreign applications to U.S. educational institutions for the third straight year in a row, according to a recent survey. The 2008 Read More...

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Study: College Courses Taught by Part-Time Faculty Lead to High Freshman Dropout Rates
15 April 08 07:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College freshmen are more likely to drop out of school before their sophomore year when they take introductory-level courses taught by part-time, rather than full-time instructors, a recent study suggests. Increasingly, part-time and adjunct instructors Read More...

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