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After 86% Tuition Increase, Texas Senate Says “Enough Is Enough”
14 May 09 12:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Senate has voted to limit future tuition hikes, including a 5–percent yearly cap for the largest universities in the state, after seeing the state’s 35 public universities increase tuition and fees 86 percent since 2003. 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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