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College Board Settles Inquiry into Its Student Loan Practices
11 December 08 04:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The College Board , which administers the SAT, ACT, and AP college admissions tests, has agreed to resolve an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal into its student loan practices. Read More...

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Economy Takes Its Toll: Some Small Colleges to Shut Their Doors
19 November 08 03:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Americans could see more college closures, particularly among small schools with shrinking enrollment numbers as the slowing economy continues to claim more victims across every sector, The Associated Press reports (“ College Closings Rare, but Could Read More...

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Wilkes University Puts Freshman Recruits Front and Center and Billboard-Size
04 May 08 03:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Wilkes University, a small, private school in northeastern Pennsylvania, is using a quirky new in-your-face $120,000 ad campaign to get the attention of today’s media- and marketing-savvy students. The university is plastering personalized messages on billboards, pizza boxes, gas pumps, and even on MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to students it wants to make a part of its freshman class. Read More...

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College Board to Eliminate Four AP Programs by Next School Year
11 April 08 03:26 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The College Board’s decision to drop four Advanced Placement classes and subject exams by the end of the 2008–09 academic year is expected to affect about 12,500 students and 2,500 teachers worldwide. The AP program allows high school students to take Read More...

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Not Just Your Virtual Diary Anymore, Blogging Is Big Business
09 January 08 11:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A decade ago, blogging was a way for anyone with a computer to get a high from posting their personal ramblings to the Web and sharing their now-published thoughts with the online world. Narcissistic? Maybe. Therapeutic? Definitely. Profitable? Questionable. Read More...

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