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Colleges and Universities to Subsidize Unpaid Internships
23 July 08 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small, private schools are beginning to offer internship grants to students who would otherwise have been unable to accept an unpaid or low-paying intern position, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Subsidizing the Internship Read More...

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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...

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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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In Fight to Lower Tuition, Small Universities May Be Harmed
25 June 08 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small U.S. colleges and universities are concerned that they may be the target of a new bill that would force schools with multi -billion dollar endowments, like Harvard , to reduce their tuition costs, and place other high-tuition institutions without Read More...

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Availability of Federal Perkins Student Loans Is Dwindling
13 April 08 10:28 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A growing shortage of funds in the federal Perkins student loan program could affect as many as 50,000 students in the upcoming academic year, according to a recent article in U.S. News & World Report . Students who would have been eligible to receive Read More...

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