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Students Reach Record-High Levels of Credit Card Debt
15 April 09 04:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College students are piling up alarming amounts of credit card debt, according to a recent survey by student loan company Sallie Mae, which suggests that not only are more students relying on credit cards to pay for their rising college costs, but that Read More...

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Pennsylvania Student Loan Agency to Cut Grant Aid, Offer Employee Buyouts
30 April 08 05:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania’s student-loan agency will cut college grant amounts for the 2008–09 academic year by up to $750 and will offer voluntary buyouts to some of its nonunion employees in an effort to keep the company afloat. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Read More...

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Medical Institute to Provide $60-Million in Science Grants to Colleges
25 April 08 11:52 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On April 22, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute , the largest private supporter of science education in America, announced the latest batch of colleges and universities to receive a total of $60 million in funding for science education, writes Jeffrey Read More...

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