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Many Private Colleges Face Uncertain Financial Futures, Moody’s Says
09 July 08 05:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last few years, private colleges have experienced significant financial growth. However, due to the tumultuous student-loan market, sagging economy, and poor performing investments, small private colleges may start to see a different financial Read More...

Filed under: college, College Financial Aid, college loans, College Student Loans, financial aid, Kate Moser, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition

Club Ed: University With Four-Star Service Caters to Students
08 July 08 05:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

President of North Carolina’s High Point University , Nido R. Qubein , who is also a motivational speaker and businessman, believes that students should be treated like customers and should enjoy obtaining their education, according to an article in The Read More...

Filed under: businessman, Club Ed, college, College Student Loans, corporate consultant, financial aid, High Point University, Liberty University, motivational speaker, NextStudent, Nido R. Qubein, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thomas Bartlett, tuition

Unfinished Business: Congress May Break Before Higher-Ed Bills Reviewed
03 July 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While Congress is heading home for its annual Fourth of July recess, there are still many higher-education bills and pieces of legislation that need to be addressed before they break, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Higher- Read More...

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House Stalls Spending Bill That Would Boost Pell Grants, Biomedical Research
27 June 08 02:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A proposed spending bill that would raise Pell Grant award amounts and increase funding for the National Institutes of Health was delayed indefinitely Thursday after Democrats and Republicans began squabbling over the bill’s provisions, according to The Read More...

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Honesty Not Their Policy: Science Fraud at Universities Common, Ignored
24 June 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

“Surprisingly common but underreported” is how a report published in the journal Nature characterizes acts of scientific fraud at the nation’s universities, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Science Fraud at Universities Read More...

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States Increase Financial Aid Funding for Student Loans and Grants
23 June 08 02:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

State spending on financial aid for undergraduates increased 6 percent or by a total of $9.3 billion in 2006-07 academic year, after growth slowed to 3.4 percent during the 2005–06 academic year, according to a recent report by the National Association Read More...

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India Engineering Institute Bans Foreign Internships to Help Retain Graduates
04 June 08 01:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Despite producing approximately 240,000 engineering graduates every year, institutes of higher education in India graduate less than 1,000 engineering Ph.D.’s annually, because a vast majority of these students enroll in advanced degree programs in the Read More...

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Millions in Grant Money Go to California Colleges for Stem-Cell Research
16 May 08 03:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ In California, Read More...

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Senator Proposes Penalties for Colleges That Hoard Endowment Funds
15 May 08 11:58 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a recent letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means , Rep. Peter Welch , D-Vermont, proposed restricting IRA rollover contributions to colleges that don’t use their endowments to help low and middle-income students pay Read More...

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Proposed Bill Combines House, Senate Versions of the Higher Education Act
14 May 08 04:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Congressional aides hope to finalize a renewal of the Higher Education Act by Memorial Day that merges different versions of the proposed bill passed separately by the House of Representatives and the Senate last year, according to an article in The Chronicle Read More...

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Cornell Medical School in Qatar Makes History with Inaugural Class
09 May 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Cornell University’s medical school in Qatar graduated its inaugural class on May 8, marking the first time a U.S.-based medical school has awarded degrees outside the United States. Read More...

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President Bush Signs Legislation That Boosts Availability of Student Loans
08 May 08 09:15 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On May 7, President George Bush signed into law legislation intended to help stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry and to avert a predicted shortage in student loans. The law will allow the U.S. Department of Education to buy bundled student Read More...

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Entire First Class of New Medical College to Receive Full Scholarships
07 May 08 09:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The new University of Central Florida College of Medicine , scheduled to open in 2009, will be the first medical school in the nation to extend full four-year scholarships to all 40 members of its inaugural class, writes Katherine Mangan of The Chronicle Read More...

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Publishing Company to Offer Free Online Textbooks
28 April 08 04:27 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help reduce the rising cost of textbooks, which are approaching $1,000 a year for the average college student, digital-textbook publisher Flat World Knowledge will begin offering free online textbooks starting next year. The publishing company is signing Read More...

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Canada Tweaks its Work-Permit Program to Better Retain International Students
28 April 08 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Foreign college students studying in Canada may find it easier to work in the country after they graduate thanks to changes to the Citizenship and Immigration department’s Post-Graduation Work Permit Program , according to The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

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