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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...

Filed under: Arnold Kriegstein, California, California bond money, California schools, college, college loans, Institute for Regeneration Medicine, NextStudent, Stanford University, stem cell clinical studies, stem cell debate, stem cell research, stem cells, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Scripps Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco, University of Southern California

Schools Standardize Graduate Tuition for Ph.D. Programs
15 May 08 02:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To adapt to the changes in interdisciplinary Ph.D. education, both Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania are standardizing their graduate-level tuition rates across the schools’ individual colleges, according to an article in Inside Higher Read More...

Filed under: Alison Power, Andrew Binns, college, college loans, Cornelll University, doctoral programs, graduate school, graduate school costs, graduate student loans, Inside Higher Ed, NextStudent, student loans, University of Pennsylvania

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...

Filed under: college, college endowments, Committee on Ways and Means, Higher Education Act, house legislation, Internal Revenue Code, IRA, NextStudent, Peter Welch, Representative Peter Welch, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. House of Representatives

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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College Considers Working Overtime to Ease Financial Strain
13 May 08 12:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Facing $4.5 million in budget cuts, Kean University in New Jersey is seriously considering “working overtime” by extending its academic week to Fridays and Saturdays, according to an Inside Higher Ed article (“ Solution To Financial Woes: More Classes? Read More...

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Student Correspondents to Get National Exposure as ABC News Launches College Campus News Bureaus
12 May 08 06:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an effort to reach younger viewers, ABC News plans to open five multimedia news bureaus on select college campuses this fall. Students will have their work featured on various ABC News outlets, including “Good Morning America,” “World News With Charles Gibson,” and “Nightline,” as well as on ABC News Radio and ABCNews.com. Read More...

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$50 Million Given to California Community Colleges to Aid Needy Students
12 May 08 05:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In what may be the largest gift ever donated to the nation’s community colleges, the San Francisco–based Bernard Osher Foundation recently announced that it has pledged up to $50 million to help needy students attending California’s two-year institutions. Read More...

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Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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Elite Korean Schools Prep Students for American Ivy Leagues
10 May 08 10:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

South Korea has some 103,000 students studying at American colleges and universities, outnumbered only by students from India and China, nations which have more than 20 times the population of South Korea, writes Sam Dillon of The New York Times (“ Elite Read More...

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As Food Prices Rise, Cost of Campus Meal Plans Going Up
09 May 08 06:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College students may see a sharp spike in the cost of their on-campus meal plans this fall due to rising food prices. Several schools have already announced that they intend to increase their meal-plan prices next year, and it’s likely that many more schools will follow. 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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Survey Indicates Significant Number of Colleges May Switch to Direct Lending Program
08 May 08 04:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last few months, the number of lenders who have exited or suspended participation in the guaranteed Family Federal Education Loan Program has ballooned to 66 organizations, according to FinAid.org , leaving many schools wondering if their students 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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College CFO’s Say ‘Keeping up With the Jones’ Mentality Contributes to Higher Tuition Costs
06 May 08 03:52 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a new report, 78 percent of college finance officers expect that tuition costs will continue to outpace inflation, largely because colleges, faced with stiff competition, must bolster their amenities to better attract students. Most respondents Read More...

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