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Colleges Receive $70 Million in Anonymous Donations
29 April 09 03:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

An anonymous donor is playing secret Santa with at least a dozen colleges and universities nationwide, but instead of giving $5 trinkets this Santa has left schools with $1 million to $10 million gifts, The New York Times reports ( “Anonymous Donor Gives Read More...

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Top-Performing Students Denied State Scholarship Funds
27 April 09 04:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some 1,500 Georgia high school students will not receive the state scholarship funds they were promised for becoming valedictorians or for graduating in the top of their class, The Associated Press reports (“ Georgia Scholarships to End for 1,500 Students Read More...

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Rejected: San Jose State U Says ‘No’ to 4,400 Qualified Students
31 March 09 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the first time, San Jose State University has turned away qualified students from its freshmen class — 4,400 students who live outside the county, to be exact — saying that budget cutbacks have forced the university to scale back enrollment. Read More...

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Harvard Inks Custom Loan Deal to Help International Graduate Students
03 March 09 04:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

At a time when large numbers of lenders exiting the student loan marketplace has made it more difficult for international students to find college and graduate school funding, Harvard has announced an exclusive agreement with JPMorgan Chase that will Read More...

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College Valentine’s Day: ‘Here, Near But Nothing to Fear’
09 February 07 09:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Forget the boxes of expensive candy and the overdone roses—ever hear of the freshman 15 (pounds that is)? And for those of you who think you are clever, lingerie may look good at first glance, but where is that going to get you, seriously? I am talking Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans, valentine, Valentine's Day

Perkins Program Cuts: Hint of More to Come?
08 February 07 08:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

This past week I have reported on what is happening with the FY08 budget, a big part of which is the increase in the Pell Grant from $4,600 this year up to $5,400 by 2012. The question on everyone’s mind is: Where is all that extra money going to come Read More...

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Budget Picture FY08
07 February 07 08:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As I reported earlier this week, President Bush released his FY08 Budget on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. And although it promises to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4,600 this year up to $5,400 by 2012, he will use funds from other grants for low-income Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, FY08 Budget, Higher Education Act, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grant, student loan consolidation, student loans

Pell Grant Gets Welcome Boost in 2007-2008 Budget Plans
06 February 07 10:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In previous blogs, I addressed that college education is becoming more and more unobtainable for low-income students. Many are opting out of the system, choosing to attend community colleges or not to attend at all, since the debt load required for attendance Read More...

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Education and the Budget Proposal for FY08
05 February 07 09:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Good news for the Department of Education, as it looks like the White House is set to increase the Pell Grant even more than the $260 proposed by the Democrat’s “Joint Funding Resolution” that I reported on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. According to a briefing Read More...

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Social Networking: Hip, Cool and Fun … But Be Smart
02 February 07 06:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

There now is little doubt about social networking becoming an integral part of our culture. It almost is a foregone conclusion. I know you and your friends for years have been into MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and many other such networks. But mom and Read More...

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2007 Budget Update
01 February 07 10:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It looks like Pell Grants are going to be getting the financial face-lift about which people have been buzzing on Capitol Hill. According to a Jan. 31, 2007 article by Doug Lederman titled “A Pleasant Budget Surprise” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed Read More...

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Grant Process Closed on Strengthening Institutions Program
31 January 07 09:55 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Grants are an important source of funding for any institution and organization in need of money. Not only do grants help students defray the cost of attendance, they also help colleges keep their tuition costs in check because awarded funds can help strengthen Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Community Colleges, Consolidation, Department of Education, federal grants, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Scholarships, Strengthening Institutions Program, student loan consolidation, student loans

Where the Money Is: Online Private Universities
31 January 07 08:33 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Founded in 1976, the University of Phoenix, the largest private university in the country, started the “trend” of online private education companies catering to working students. Many such colleges and schools have followed in its footsteps, with varying Read More...

Filed under: College Education, College Funding, Consolidation, Educational Opportunities, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Online Private Universities, student loan consolidation, student loans

U.S. Education Department’s Official on Accreditation Leaves Job
29 January 07 10:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 7 Comments   

According to a Jan. 29, 2007 article titled “ U.S. Accreditation Official Out of a Job” written by Doug Lederman that appeared in Inside Higher Ed , John W. Barth, the director of accreditation and state liaison at the Department of Education, has transferred Read More...

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CIA Socializes: Getting a Job through FaceBook, MySpace, Whatever
26 January 07 08:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Could it be that social networks are becoming an embedded piece of our culture, no longer just limited to college geeks, party mongers, and those who are hip and in the know? That would appear to be the case. Just last month the CIA, that is, the Central Read More...

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