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Job Outlook for College Graduates Not Encouraging
04 December 08 02:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Up-and-coming college graduates may soon face one of the toughest job markets in years as they encounter employers who are scaling back hiring and a job market flooded with hundreds of thousands of recently unemployed workforce veterans. Just last month, Read More...

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Number of Students Taking ACT Goes Up, Scores Go Down
14 August 08 02:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the number of high school students taking the ACT this year increased by 9 percent compared to last year, students’ average scores on the college entrance exam dipped slightly, according to a recent report released by the testing agency. This Read More...

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Senator Pushes Colleges for Enhanced Oversight of Funded Research and Endowments
28 July 08 09:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, wants colleges to be held more accountable in both their academic research and their endowment spending, according to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More...

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Medical Institute Awards $600 Million to 56 Biomedical Scientists
30 May 08 06:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the largest sources of private funds for biomedical research, named 56 of the nation’s most gifted biomedical scientists — faculty at universities and research institutions across the country — as HHMI “investigators” this week, to collectively receive more than $600 million in their first year of appointment. Read More...

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Fewer Foreign Students Seeking Advanced Degrees in the U.S.
16 April 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The growth rate of international students studying at American colleges and universities has slowed, despite an increase in foreign applications to U.S. educational institutions for the third straight year in a row, according to a recent survey. The 2008 Read More...

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