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College Admissions Offices Using Facebook as Recruiting Tool
03 October 08 02:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A growing number of graduate school admissions and college officers are turning to Facebook for recruiting, communicating with potential students and providing up-to-date news on the school through the social networking site, instead of relying on more Read More...

Filed under: Alison Damast, Business Week, Center for Marketing Research, Cheryl Millington, college, college financial aid, college loans, FaceBook, financial aid, MySpace, NextStudent, Nora Barnes, Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, paying for college, Rotman School of Management, San Diego State University, Scott Minto, Sports Business Management MBA Program, student loans, tuition, U.S. Open of Surfing, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, University of Toronto

Vanderbilt Replacing Need-Based Student Loans With Grants, Scholarships
01 October 08 02:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Undergraduates at Vanderbilt University who qualify for need-based student loans could see a significant drop in their student loan debt, from an average of $21,000 to as little as $5,000, as the university moves to eliminate these loans, replacing them Read More...

Filed under: college loans, debt reduction, demonstrated financial need, federal Perkins loans, financial aid, need-based scholarships and grants, need-based student loans, NextStudent, student loan debt, student loans, subsidized direct loans, subsidized federal Stafford student loans, The Tennessean, Vanderbilt undergraduates, Vanderbilt University

College Steps in After Edamerica Falls Behind in Dispersing Student Loans
30 September 08 09:03 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A Milwaukee technical college is providing emergency student loans to some of its students after one of the college’s student loan providers announced it would not immediately have funds to issue the loans, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (“ MATC Read More...

Filed under: college loans, credit crunch, Edamerica, emergency loans, Federal Family Education Loan Program, federally guaranteed student loan program, financial problems, loan dispersements, loan refund checks, master promissory note, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, NextStudent, private lenders, student loan providers, student loans, technical college, third-party lenders, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

SAT and ACT Tests Not the Best Predictors of College Success, Study Finds
24 September 08 02:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The colleges and universities that use students’ SAT and ACT standardized test scores when making college admissions and financial aid decisions should base these decisions on tests that more closely reflect a student’s high school achievement and understanding Read More...

Filed under: ACT Inc., ACT tests, admissions tests, Advanced Placement exams, AP tests, Bates College, Bloomberg, college, College Admissions, college admissions officials, College Board, college loans, entrance exams, financial aid admissions officers, Harvard University, high school achievement, high school curriculum, IB tests, International Baccalaureate tests, National Association for College Admission Counseling, NextStudent, private student loans, SAT Subject tests, SAT tests, Smith College, standardized testing, student loans, test preparation resources, The New York Times, University of Wisconsin, Wake Forest University, William R. Fitzsimmons

Government Warns: Pell Grant Program in Trouble
22 September 08 02:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Without additional taxpayer funds next year, the government’s “most important” federal financial aid program may be unable to provide Pell Grants to millions of eligible low-income students, likely pricing these students out of a higher education, according Read More...

Filed under: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Barmak Nassirian, budget shortages, budget shortfalls, college, college loans, College Tuition, Congress, Continuing Education, Department of Education, Edward M. Elmendorf, federal budget cuts, federal financial aid, federal grants, financial aid programs, grant programs, Low-Income Students, NextStudent, Pell Grant program, Pell Grants, private student loans, Scholarships, state budget cuts, state budgets, student loans, The New York Times, tuition costs

Student Loan Providers May Get Government Help for One More Year
17 September 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With problems in the credit markets continuing to plague student loan providers, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a year-long extension of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act , which allows the secretary of education Read More...

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Restructuring of Pennsylvania Student Loan Agency’s Board Wouldn't Affect Tax-Exempt Status as Agency Claims
15 September 08 05:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Internal Revenue Service has reportedly disproven the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency’s claim that cutting the number of lawmakers on its board in half — as recommended by Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner — would threaten the Read More...

Filed under: audit, college loans, college students, fiscal irresponsibility, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jack Wagner, James Preston, NextStudent, Pennsylvania auditor general, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, PHEAA, PHEAA board restructuring, PHEAA overspending, PHEAA spending practices, Robert Teplitz, Sean Logan, student loan agency, student loans, tax-exempt, The Patriot-News

MBA Cheating Scandal Ends With Almost 100 GMAT Scores Cancelled
12 September 08 01:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In June, 6,000 MBA hopefuls saw their aspirations come crashing down when it came to light that their GMAT scores could be cancelled due to a cheating scandal that involved the illegal posting of live GMAT test questions on Scoretop.com . Most of those Read More...

Filed under: Business Week, college, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, David Wilson, Derrick Bolton, financial aid, GMAC, GMAT Cheating Scandal, GMAT test, Louis Lavelle, MBA cheating scandal, MBA hopefuls, NextStudent, paying for college, Robert Dolan, Ross School of Business, Stanford University, student loans, The Graduate Management Admission Council, tuition, University of Chicago, University of Michigan

Survey Shows New England Families Can Still Access Federal Student Loans, Despite Loss of Lenders
11 September 08 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a regional survey of financial aid officers from 214 New England colleges and universities, students and parents have had few problems accessing federal student loans this year, but financial aid administrators have lingering doubts about Read More...

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Virginia Commonwealth University Improperly Awarded Degree to Police Chief
11 September 08 01:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an incident that mirrors the recent scandal at West Virginia University where an executive M.B.A. was improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, an investigation found that Virginia Commonwealth University awarded the state’s police chief a bachelor’s Read More...

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State Higher Education Commission Urges Indiana Schools to Graduate 10,000 More Students a Year
10 September 08 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new plan unveiled Monday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education calls for the state-supported colleges and universities in Indiana to graduate 10,000 more students with bachelor’s degrees each year — an increase of 33 percent — and to graduate Read More...

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NY Attorney General To Sue Student Loan Lender For Deceptive Marketing
08 September 08 02:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo plans to sue student loan provider Goal Financial, LLC for using deceptive marketing practices to attract new business, according to a CNNMoney.com article (“ Student Lenders Under Scrutiny ,” Sept. 5, 2008). Eight Read More...

Filed under: Alex Detrick, Andrew Cuomo, college, college loans, deceptive marketing, federal student loans, Goal Financial, government student loans, iPods, lenders lawsuits, marketing reforms, New York Attorney General, NextStudent, preferred lender lists, private student loans, student loan comparisons, student loan lender kickbacks, student loan lender reforms, student loan marketing, student loan monthly payments, student loans

College Textbook Sales Drop, Online Piracy Possible Cause
05 September 08 02:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sales of new textbooks at some of the nation’s college presses are declining, and though many press directors are unsure why sales are slipping, others think it may have to do with online piracy of the books, according to an article in The Chronicle of Read More...

Filed under: Alex Holzman, Association of American University Presses, Cambridge University Press, Chicago Manual of Style, college, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, Daphne Ireland, financial aid, Jennifer Howard, NextStudent, Oxford University Press, paying for college, Princeton University Press, student loans, Temple University Press, textbook piracy, textbook sales, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, University of Chicago Press, University of Illinois Press, University of North Carolina Press, Willis Regier

State Approves $50-Million Bridge Loan, Kentucky Students Will Finally See Their Student Loans
04 September 08 05:26 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students attending colleges and universities in Kentucky, many of whom have already begun their fall semester, will soon receive their federal student loans now that the state has finalized its $50 million bridge-loan deal with the state’s nonprofit student Read More...

Filed under: bridge loans, college, college loans, Department of Education, Education Department, Edward Cunningham, Federal Education Loan Program, FFELP, FFELP lenders, Governor Steve Beshear, Kentucky Governor, Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., Kentucky student loans, News-Democrat Leader, NextStudent, private student loans, state student loan agencies, state student loan providers, student loan crisis, student loan providers, student loan purchase program, student loans, The Student Loan People, The Student Loan People CEO

Colleges Teach Students How to Pay for School, Manage Money
03 September 08 01:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Several Texas colleges and universities are rolling out new classes and programs designed to help their students become more financially-savvy about everything from student loans to personal finances, reports Pamela Yip, business columnist for The Dallas Read More...

Filed under: Center for Economic Education, college, college financial aid, college loans, College Tuition, Dallas Morning News, financial aid, financial literacy, money management, NextStudent, Pamela Yip, paying for college, Southern Methodist University, student loans, Student Money Management Center, Student-to-Student Financial Success Project, tuition, University of North Texas, University of Texas