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Community Colleges Eliminate Friday Classes to Help Students Cut Gas Costs
19 May 08 07:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Several two-year schools with large numbers of commuter students have reduced the length of their academic week from five days to four in an effort to reduce their students’ commute and help them save money on gas. Making class sessions longer, these Read More...

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As Food Prices Rise, Cost of Campus Meal Plans Going Up
09 May 08 06:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

College students may see a sharp spike in the cost of their on-campus meal plans this fall due to rising food prices. Several schools have already announced that they intend to increase their meal-plan prices next year, and it’s likely that many more schools will follow. 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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