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Colleges and Students Could Benefit From Pending Federal Bailout
21 January 09 04:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It seems that everyone is getting a piece of the government’s “bailout pie,” including banks, automakers, and perhaps even the nation’s colleges and universities, although exactly how much schools will get and when they will get it has not yet been established, Read More...

Filed under: academic research, biomedical research, climate change research, college, college financial aid, college infrastructure, college loans, Doug Lederman, education training, financial aid, foreclosure, HOPE Tax Credit, House Democrat, Inside Higher Ed, minority students, NASA, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, NextStudent, paying for college, Pell Grant, recovery zone, renewable energy, Senate, state funding, Student Aid, student loans, tuition, unemployment, unsubsidized student loan

Note to College Donors: Make the Check Out to Students
21 November 08 04:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As the economic downturn continues to impact families’ ability to pay for college, schools are redirecting their fundraising efforts to focus on financial aid, reports The Wall Street Journal (“ Colleges Shift Donor Appeals Toward Student Aid ,” Nov. Read More...

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Student Loan Crunch Affected Some Private Schools, But Crisis Largely Avoided
28 October 08 01:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The student loan crunch that began this past spring failed to become the widespread crisis that experts predicted, according to the results of a survey by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities . Still, the NAICU reports, some Read More...

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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

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New Faces in Education
04 January 07 03:55 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Doug Lederman reports in the Jan. 3 edition of Inside Higher Ed on an interview he conducted with Sara Martinez Tucker, the newly confirmed U.S. under secretary for education. The article is titled, “The New Top Fed for Higher Ed,” and a full podcast Read More...

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