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Trade Schools Are Better Than Community Colleges, Say Americans in Poll
11 June 08 06:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Results of a recent public opinion poll point to a strong belief among Americans that career and technical colleges may be better than community colleges at preparing students for today’s competitive workforce, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

Filed under: AACC, American Association of Community Colleges, career, Career College Association, career colleges, CCA, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, community college, David Baime, financial aid, four-year schools, Harris Miller, higher education, Kate Moser, NextStudent, private student loans, student loans, technical colleges, training, trends, Two-Year Colleges

NextStudent Unveils Website with New Look, Improved Features
06 June 08 06:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

NextStudent has a sleek new website with upgraded features designed to offer you the most comprehensive and easy-to-use financial aid resource on the Web. Check out our new online application, find free money for school, and get the all the info you need on student loans and your financial aid options. Read More...

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Banks Become More Selective, Leaving Some Colleges Without Student Loans
02 June 08 05:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at community colleges, for-profit universities, and other less competitive institutions may soon have trouble finding a lender willing to offer them federal student loans. Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC, and SunTrust are no longer offering student loans to certain colleges — schools that the banks have determined tend toward higher default rates, fewer borrowers, and small loan amounts that make business less profitable. Read More...

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Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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The New Financial Aid Landscape
26 April 08 12:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the media has been drawn in recent months to the looming student loan availability crisis, many of the country’s top colleges and universities have been revamping their financial aid programs to better assist parents and students in covering their college costs. Read More...

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Bank of America Backs Out of Private Student Loan Business
19 April 08 02:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

On April 17, Bank of America Corp. notified student-loan packager First Marblehead Corp. that it would no longer offer private student loans, focusing instead on providing federal student loans. Bank of America’s announcement comes amid increasing unsteadiness Read More...

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Private Student Loans: Who Gets Them and Why?
21 December 06 10:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

When the federal funds run dry and you still need more money to cover the costs of college, what do you do? Well, many students turn to private loans in order to foot the ever-increasing collegiate tuition bill. Private student loans can cover everything Read More...

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