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$1M Awarded to Unnamed Whistleblowers in Federal Student Aid Suit
24 April 09 02:22 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alta Colleges, operating 17 campuses in six states, recently settled a lawsuit involving student-aid fraud allegations and has agreed to pay the federal government $7 million. Read More...

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UC System Needs a Boost of Higher-Paying Students
05 January 09 04:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The University of California public school system is considering increasing the number of out-of-state students it accepts in an effort to help UC schools bring in more revenue and offset cuts in state funding, reports the Los Angeles Times (“ UC Officials Read More...

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Program to Offer NY Students Low-Cost College Loans
17 December 08 04:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite New York’s $15 billion budget deficit, Gov. David Paterson announced he is creating a student loan program that would allow New York college students to borrow $350 million in low-cost private student loans directly from the state, reports The Read More...

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Colleges Using Creative Solutions to Meet Growing Demand For On-Campus Housing
30 July 08 06:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Forty percent more upperclassmen requested on-campus housing this year at the University of Missouri than the previous year, creating a housing-accommodation challenge that colleges across the country are facing this fall, according to an article in The Read More...

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Bear Stearns Takeover Leaves Business-School Students Scrambling
14 April 08 08:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

BearStearns CEO, Jimmy Cayne, seems to have been the only former Stearns employee to make it out of the JPMorgan Chase buyout relatively unscathed — at least in non-CEO terms — walking away with $61.3 million in sold shares. Even though, in his own high-priced Read More...

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Buck the Trend of the Non-Vacation Nation by Taking Time for Yourself
06 September 07 05:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Many recent grads who have settled into their first jobs out of college may just be learning the unwritten rules at their company, and how they can best climb the corporate ladder. Chances are, part of the mix includes working long hours, forgetting about Read More...

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