Browse by Tags

• A.J. Duffy
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• arts education
• Berea College
• California budget cuts
• California budget deficit
• California State University system
• California students
• Christopher Dodd
• Citibank
• college
• College Admissions
• college endowments
• College Scholarships
• college tuition hike
• Community Colleges
• David Rockefeller
• default rates
• Edward Kennedy
• endowments
• Federal Family Education Loan Program
• FFELP
• FFELP lenders
• financial aid
• Florida elementary schools
• Florida students
• free tuition
• general budget
• Gerald Land
• graduate debt free
• grants
• Harvard alumni
• Harvard University
• Heather Bresch
• higher education
• Ian Urbina
• international study abroad program
• internet security
• Joe Manchin III
• Jonathan D. Glater
• Joseph Bagnoli
• JPMorgan Chase
• law school admissions
• law schools
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Low-Income Students
• LSAT
• LSAT practice tests
• middle-income students
• Mike Garrison
• Milan Puskar
• Mylan Inc.
• operating budget
• Patty Murray
• Pell Grants
• personal identification information
• PNC
• private student loans
• PSAT
• PSAT practice tests
• R. Stephen Sears
• SAT
• SAT practice tests
• SAT preparation
• selective lending
• Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions
• Senate Finance Committee
• Sophos
• spending
• standardized tests
• Stephanie Strom
• student identity
• student loan crisis
• student loans
• study abroad
• SunTrust
• Tamar Lewin
• tax-exempt institutions
• test preparation
• test preparation books
• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• The Princeton Review
• tuition
• two-year schools
• U.S. Department of Education
• United Teachers of Los Angeles
• universal college loans
• University of California system
• Virginia school systems
• Virginia students
• West Virginia Governor
• West Virginia University
• West Virginia university resignations

Princeton Review Exposes Thousands of Students’ Personal Info
19 August 08 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

For nearly two months, thousands of the The Princeton Review’s private files including folders containing the company’s and test-takers’ personal data were unintentionally made accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, according to an article Read More...

Filed under: college, College Admissions, college loans, Florida elementary schools, Florida students, internet security, law school admissions, law schools, LSAT, LSAT practice tests, NextStudent, personal identification information, private student loans, PSAT, PSAT practice tests, SAT, SAT practice tests, SAT preparation, Sophos, standardized tests, student identity, student loans, test preparation, test preparation books, The New York Times, The Princeton Review, Virginia school systems, Virginia students

College Offers Students a No-Cost, No-Student-Loan Education With Funds From Its $1.1 Billion Endowment
22 July 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Berea College is drawing the attention of lawmakers for its no-frills approach to education and its free tuition policy. The private Kentucky college — founded 150 years ago to educate freed slaves and “poor white mountaineers” — accepts only applicants Read More...

Filed under: Berea College, college loans, College Scholarships, endowments, financial aid, free tuition, general budget, graduate debt free, grants, higher education, Joseph Bagnoli, Low-Income Students, middle-income students, NextStudent, operating budget, Pell Grants, Senate Finance Committee, spending, student loans, Tamar Lewin, tax-exempt institutions, The New York Times, tuition

Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

Filed under: Christopher Dodd, Citibank, college loans, Community Colleges, default rates, Edward Kennedy, Federal Family Education Loan Program, FFELP, FFELP lenders, financial aid, higher education, Jonathan D. Glater, JPMorgan Chase, Low-Income Students, NextStudent, Patty Murray, PNC, selective lending, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, student loan crisis, student loans, SunTrust, The New York Times, two-year schools, U.S. Department of Education, universal college loans

Bogged Down by Controversy, West Virginia University President Resigns
11 June 08 10:15 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The president of West Virginia University is resigning following an independent panel’s report that found the university had shown “seriously flawed” judgment in improperly awarding a master’s degree to the daughter of the state’s governor. University Read More...

Filed under: college loans, Gerald Land, Heather Bresch, Ian Urbina, Joe Manchin III, Mike Garrison, Milan Puskar, Mylan Inc., NextStudent, R. Stephen Sears, student loans, The New York Times, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, West Virginia Governor, West Virginia University, West Virginia university resignations

Teachers in California Oppose $340 Million in Cuts to Education
09 June 08 04:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Following a tuition-increase protest last month by students in the University of California and California State University systems that resulted in 16 arrests, California educators are voicing grievances of their own. Tens of thousands of teachers at Read More...

Filed under: A.J. Duffy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California budget cuts, California budget deficit, California State University system, California students, college loans, college tuition hike, Los Angeles Unified School District, NextStudent, student loans, The New York Times, United Teachers of Los Angeles, University of California system

Rockefeller Gives $100 Million to Harvard
29 April 08 04:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Recently, Harvard University alumnus David Rockefeller, announced that he will be giving his alma mater the single largest gift from a former student ever, writes Stephanie Strom of The New York Times , (“ Rockefeller Gives Harvard $100 Million ,” April Read More...

Filed under: arts education, college, college endowments, college loans, David Rockefeller, Harvard alumni, Harvard University, international study abroad program, NextStudent, private student loans, Stephanie Strom, student loans, study abroad, The New York Times