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Multi-State Agreement on Education of Children of the Military Becomes Law
18 July 08 08:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Approximately 1.5 million children will be affected by the interstate compact, which seeks to create uniform education standards across participating states and to address common problems experienced by the children of military parents who are often transferred and required to move over the course of their careers. 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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Credit Unions Offer Themselves as Partial Solution to Looming Student Loan Crisis
12 April 08 11:19 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last six months alone, since legislators eliminated over $21 billion in subsidies to student loan lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, at least 44 FFELP lenders have stopped originating federal student loans. This exodus of lenders Read More...

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NextStudent Web Marketing Team Shifts Direction of Student Loan Blog
26 February 08 04:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

To better serve you and carry out our mission of being your one-stop destination for all your education financing needs, the NextStudent Web Marketing team is moving our Student Loan Blog in a whole new direction. In the days ahead, you’ll see the Student Read More...

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Harvard’s Aid to Middle-Class Families a Signal for Change
03 January 08 03:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In December Harvard University announced it would begin offering increased financial aid to students of middle and upper-middle class families. Those families earning between $120,000 and $180,000 will only have to pay about 10 percent of their income, Read More...

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