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Struggling Colleges’ Predicted Dilemma: Merge or Close Up Shop
26 August 08 03:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Over the next few years, more small, private colleges may be faced with the decision to either merge with another school or close their doors as rising energy costs, increased competition for students, and the lingering credit crisis eat away at these Read More...

Filed under: American colleges and universities, California schools, Champlain College, Chicago-Kent College of Law, college loans, college mergers, Council of Independent Colleges, credit crisis, David Warren, financial hardship, higher education, Illinois Institute of Technology, Inside Higher Ed, ITT, John F. Kennedy University, Learning Alliance for Higher Education, merging, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, National University, NextStudent, private colleges, Richard Ekman, rising costs, Robert Zemsky, Scott Jaschik, Shimer College, student loans, Vermont schools, Woodbury College

Wachovia Suspends Its Undergraduate Private Student Loan Program
06 August 08 05:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After posting an $8.9 billion second-quarter loss in July, Wachovia Corp. announced on Tuesday that, effective August 5, it would stop accepting applications for undergraduate private student loans. Read More...

Filed under: CNN, college, college loans, federal loans, federal student loans, financial aid, Inside Higher Ed, NextStudent, paying for college, private loans, private student loans, student loan availability, student loan credit market, student loan crisis, student loans, tuition, Wachovia

Pending 21st Century GI Bill: New Benefits for a New Era
26 June 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Many educators are excited about the potential impact of the proposed GI Bill, legislation that has gotten the nod by President Bush in its current form, according to an article in Inside Higher Ed (“ Gauging the New GI Bill ,” June 20, 2008). “I think Read More...

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New SAT Test Fails to Show Improvements, College Board Finds
18 June 08 07:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite dramatic changes to the SAT that were designed to help colleges and universities better predict a student’s academic performance in college, the adjustments did not “substantially change” how accurately the test predicts first-year grades, according Read More...

Filed under: College Admissions, College Board, college loans, Inside Higher Ed, NextStudent, SAT, Scott Jaschik, standardized tests, student loans

Drexel University to Open Graduate Studies Program in California
03 June 08 02:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania–based Drexel University is planning to establish a graduate studies center and perhaps a “full-blown bi-coastal university” in California after receiving a 1,100-acre land offer just north of Sacramento from a group of real estate developers, Read More...

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Community Colleges Eliminate Friday Classes to Help Students Cut Gas Costs
19 May 08 07:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Several two-year schools with large numbers of commuter students have reduced the length of their academic week from five days to four in an effort to reduce their students’ commute and help them save money on gas. Making class sessions longer, these Read More...

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Schools Standardize Graduate Tuition for Ph.D. Programs
15 May 08 02:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To adapt to the changes in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education, both Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania are standardizing their graduate-level tuition rates across the schools’ individual colleges, according to an article in Inside Higher Read More...

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College Considers Working Overtime to Ease Financial Strain
13 May 08 12:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Facing $4.5 million in budget cuts, Kean University in New Jersey is seriously considering “working overtime” by extending its academic week to Fridays and Saturdays, according to an Inside Higher Ed article (“ Solution To Financial Woes: More Classes? Read More...

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Study Finds Correlation Between National Professor Rating System and RateMyProfessors.com
30 April 08 08:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A study last year was the first to find a correlation between professor rankings on a university-administered system with the rankings of those same professors on the much-criticized RateMyProfessors.com , writes Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed (“ Validation Read More...

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