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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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Experts Recommend: Fill Out Your FAFSA Early
02 January 09 04:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students who want to maximize their federal financial aid for the 2009–10 academic year should fill out their FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) this week — the first week applications are accepted, reports The Baltimore Sun (“ Ringing in Read More...

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Sen. Edwards Ends College Scholarship Program Originally Proposed As a National Model of Higher Education
05 August 08 01:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After awarding more than 191 college scholarships over the past three years, a North Carolina scholarship program begun by former U.S. Sen. John Edwards is ending with the Class of 2009, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education , (“ Read More...

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College Offers Students a No-Cost, No-Student-Loan Education With Funds From Its $1.1 Billion Endowment
22 July 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Berea College is drawing the attention of lawmakers for its no-frills approach to education and its free tuition policy. The private Kentucky college — founded 150 years ago to educate freed slaves and “poor white mountaineers” — accepts only applicants Read More...

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Some Students Could Get Boost in Financial Aid This Summer
08 July 08 12:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

This year, college students who are still struggling to get the money they need to pay for school may be able to take advantage of a phenomenon, colleges and universities refer to as the “summer melt” — the phase where students make last-minute decisions Read More...

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