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Education Department at Fault for Low Participation in Grant Programs, Audit Shows
04 August 08 05:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an audit of the Department of Education , the department’s own inspector general blames the lack of participation in the government’s Academic Competitiveness and National Smart Grant programs on his department’s failure to effectively promote the Read More...

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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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