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All Veterans Qualify for In-State Tuition at Ohio Colleges With New GI Promise Legislation
16 July 08 03:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Ohio governor, Ted Strickland , recently announced the implementation of The Ohio G.I. Promise , the first plan of its kind in the nation to extend in-state tuition rates to all veterans who attend an Ohio state public college or university on the GI Read More...

Filed under: college, college aid, College Financial Aid, College Student Loans, College Tuition, financial aid, GI Bill, Governor Strickland, Montgomery GI Bill, New York Times, NextStudent, Ohio Board of Regents, Ohio G.I. Promise, Ohio Governor, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, student loan, student loans, Tamar Lewin, Ted Strickland, tuition, veteran, veterans

Harvard Professor Urges Students to Consider Public Service Over Wall Street
25 June 08 12:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 6 Comments   

A Harvard University education professor is challenging undergraduates at elite colleges to forgo high-paying consulting and finance jobs, for careers in public service. The professor, Howard Gardner , is leading seminars at Harvard and, Amherst College Read More...

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U.S. Reinstates 7 Fulbright Grants to Students in Gaza, Future of Other Students Accepted Abroad Uncertain
13 June 08 02:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The U.S. Department of State recently reinstated seven Fulbright Grants awarded to Palestinian students after withdrawing the awards when the students were denied permission to leave Gaza, according to an article in the Jerusalem Post (“ State Tells Court Read More...

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Yale University to Increase Undergraduate Enrollment by 15 Percent
12 June 08 02:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Last week, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the school will be increasing its undergraduate enrollment by 15 percent to 6,000 students, according to an article in The New York Times (“ Yale to Expand Undergraduate Enrollment by 15 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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Elite Korean Schools Prep Students for American Ivy Leagues
10 May 08 10:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

South Korea has some 103,000 students studying at American colleges and universities, outnumbered only by students from India and China, nations which have more than 20 times the population of South Korea, writes Sam Dillon of The New York Times (“ Elite 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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Financial Industry Woes Affecting Commercial Education
10 March 08 07:02 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The current credit crisis, combined with recent legislation cutting federal subsidy payments to student loan companies that make federally guaranteed student loans, has begun to take a noticeable toll on commercial education companies. The past few months Read More...

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Harvard’s Aid to Middle-Class Families a Signal for Change
03 January 08 03:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In December Harvard University announced it would begin offering increased financial aid to students of middle and upper-middle class families. Those families earning between $120,000 and $180,000 will only have to pay about 10 percent of their income, Read More...

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OrgaNOT: Natural Beauty Products May Be Deceiving
31 December 07 08:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just because something is green doesn’t mean it’s good for you and just because a product uses “all natural” ingredients doesn’t mean it can’t harm you. Yet we eagerly buy into these marketing myths, filling our overloaded bathroom cabinets and drawers Read More...

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Online Ordering Causing Mailroom Mayhem on College Campuses
27 December 07 11:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The internet has completely changed the way college campuses operate, from class offerings and registration to college admissions and financial aid services. Now the technology is changing the way campuses deliver and receive mail. As more college students Read More...

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College Presidents’ Salaries Not-So-Slowly Sliding Up the Pay Scale
21 November 07 04:09 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it’s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents’ salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark. According Read More...

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