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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college aid, College Financial Aid, College Tuition, current legislation session, federal student aid, financial aid, Goldie Blumenstyk, Higher Education Act, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, NextStudent, Pell Grant, Student Aid, student loan, student loans, tuition

Colleges and Universities to Subsidize Unpaid Internships
23 July 08 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small, private schools are beginning to offer internship grants to students who would otherwise have been unable to accept an unpaid or low-paying intern position, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Subsidizing the Internship Read More...

Filed under: aid, American University, Austin College, Brain Gain program, Butler University, college, college loans, College Tuition, Connecticut College, financial aid, grants, internship grants, Internships, Loans, Mark Oldman, NextStudent, Sara Lipka, Smith College, student loans, subsidized internships, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Vault, tuition, Whitman College

New York May Soon Have Its Own Low-Interest Student Loan Program
23 July 08 12:33 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

New York is one of the few states in the country where college students do not have access to a low-interest, state-backed student loan program, according to a report by the New York State Commission on Higher Education (“ Final Report of Findings and Read More...

Filed under: City University of New York, college, College Financial Aid, college loan, college loans, College Tuition, CUNY, David Paterson, financial aid, Marc Santora, New York State Commission on Higher Education, New York student loan program, New York Times, NextStudent, State University of New York, student loan, student loans, SUNY, tuition

Multi-State Agreement on Education of Children of the Military Becomes Law
18 July 08 08:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Approximately 1.5 million children will be affected by the interstate compact, which seeks to create uniform education standards across participating states and to address common problems experienced by the children of military parents who are often transferred and required to move over the course of their careers. Read More...

Filed under: college, college loans, Delaware, Department of Defense, Education, financial aid, Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, legislation, Leslye Arsht, military, military families, military members, NextStudent, Ruth Ann Minner, student loans

Massachusetts Shortchanges College Students on Financial Aid
17 July 08 04:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although Massachusetts is known as a hub for higher education, the state lags behind other states in awarding financial aid to college students, a shortfall that many educators say is limiting access to a college education for low-income and minority Read More...

Filed under: college, college costs, college grants, college loans, Deval Patrick, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Joint Committee on Higher Education, Low-Income Students, Massachusetts state grant aid, Masschusetts college students, MIT, NextStudent, private college tuition, private colleges and universities, private student loans, public college tuition, Robert O'Leary, student loans, The Boston Globe, tuition

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

NextStudent to Be Spotlighted at Largest Virtual College Fair
10 July 08 09:06 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Don Fenstermaker, the founder and CEO of NextStudent, will join noted names Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, and Kim Clark, senior writer for U.S. World & News Report, as one of only a few financial aid experts to give a live streaming video keynote presentation on college financing at today’s CollegeWeekLive event. Read More...

Filed under: college, college fair, college loans, CollegeWeekLive, Education Finance Advisors, federal student loans, FinAid, FinAid.org, financial aid, financing, higher education, Kim Clark, Mark Kantrowitz, NextPath, NextStudent, Paying for College, private student loans, Scholarship Search Engine, Scholarships, student loans, tuition, U.S. News & World Report

Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

Filed under: Amherst, Christopher Gruber, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Columbia University, Dartmouth, Davidson College, debt, federal student loans, financial aid, Harvard, higher education, Jonathan Epstein, loan caps, Maguire Associates, NextStudent, North Carolina, Princeton, private student loans, Stanford, student loan debt, student loans, Swarthmore, tuition, Yale

Many Private Colleges Face Uncertain Financial Futures, Moody’s Says
09 July 08 05:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last few years, private colleges have experienced significant financial growth. However, due to the tumultuous student-loan market, sagging economy, and poor performing investments, small private colleges may start to see a different financial Read More...

Filed under: college, College Financial Aid, college loans, College Student Loans, financial aid, Kate Moser, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition

Club Ed: University With Four-Star Service Caters to Students
08 July 08 05:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

President of North Carolina’s High Point University , Nido R. Qubein , who is also a motivational speaker and businessman, believes that students should be treated like customers and should enjoy obtaining their education, according to an article in The Read More...

Filed under: businessman, Club Ed, college, College Student Loans, corporate consultant, financial aid, High Point University, Liberty University, motivational speaker, NextStudent, Nido R. Qubein, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thomas Bartlett, tuition

Admissions and Financial Aid Experts to Offer Live College Financing Advice at Free Online College Fair
08 July 08 08:12 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

CollegeWeekLive, the largest virtual college fair on the Web, will offer students and parents the opportunity this week to interact live and online with a wide range of college planning and financial aid professionals, including admissions counselors, financial aid experts, and advisors from some of the top college financing companies in the industry. Read More...

Filed under: admissions, college, college fair, college loans, CollegeWeekLive, financial aid, NextStudent, private student loans, Scholarships, student loans, tuition

Renting May Be Solution to High Cost of College Textbooks
07 July 08 07:51 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Hoping to reduce the premium prices college students pay for textbooks, which on average cost students $900 a year, some colleges and universities are opting to let their students rent their books rather than buy them. For the first time, six schools Read More...

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Unfinished Business: Congress May Break Before Higher-Ed Bills Reviewed
03 July 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While Congress is heading home for its annual Fourth of July recess, there are still many higher-education bills and pieces of legislation that need to be addressed before they break, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Higher- Read More...

Filed under: college, college loans, Department of Education, financial aid, Higher Education Act, National Institutes of Health, NextStudent, Pell Grant Increase, student financial aid, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition

Colleges May Be Required to Refund Student Loans for Military Members Called Into Service
01 July 08 05:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

At the same time the recently passed GI Bill was being pushed through Congress, legislators have been considering a veterans education “bill of rights” that would protect service members who are called to duty in the middle of their higher education studies, Read More...

Filed under: American Association of Community Colleges, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, financial aid, GI Bill, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Kelly Field, military members, NextStudent, soldier student, student loan, student loans, tuition, VA, veteran, veterans, vets

Committee Discusses Ways to Reduce College Students’ Credit Card Misuse
01 July 08 03:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

During testimony before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit , Benjamin Lawsky, deputy counselor to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo , said predatory credit-card companies are taking advantage of college students Read More...

Filed under: American Bankers Association Card Policy Council, Andrew Cuomo, Benjamin Lawsky, college, college credit cards, college loans, college students, Credit Card Debt, credit card misuse, credit cards, Interest Rates, New York Attorney General, NextStudent, student loans