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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

GMAT Cheating Scandal Causes Students to Sweat Their Future
02 July 08 04:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Over 6,000 MBA students have been implicated in a huge cheating scandal involving the website Scoretop which illegally provided “live” prep questions to students taking their Graduate Management Admission Test , or GMAT — the test that many MBA programs Read More...

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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...

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Veterans See Education Benefits Double as New GI Bill Becomes Law
30 June 08 02:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The new GI Bill , signed by President Bush on June 30, more than doubles veterans’ education funds from the current $40,000 to $90,000, and is seen as a return to the same generous benefits extended to veterans of World War II, according to an Associated Read More...

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Learn This, Professor: Shorter is Better
27 June 08 03:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Traditional college professors attempting to venture into online learning may be in store for a rather unpleasant surprise: What works in the classroom doesn’t necessarily work on the internet, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education Read More...

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House Stalls Spending Bill That Would Boost Pell Grants, Biomedical Research
27 June 08 02:31 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A proposed spending bill that would raise Pell Grant award amounts and increase funding for the National Institutes of Health was delayed indefinitely Thursday after Democrats and Republicans began squabbling over the bill’s provisions, according to The Read More...

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Pending 21st Century GI Bill: New Benefits for a New Era
26 June 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Many educators are excited about the potential impact of the proposed GI Bill, legislation that has gotten the nod by President Bush in its current form, according to an article in Inside Higher Ed (“ Gauging the New GI Bill ,” June 20, 2008). “I think Read More...

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In Fight to Lower Tuition, Small Universities May Be Harmed
25 June 08 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small U.S. colleges and universities are concerned that they may be the target of a new bill that would force schools with multi -billion dollar endowments, like Harvard , to reduce their tuition costs, and place other high-tuition institutions without Read More...

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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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Honesty Not Their Policy: Science Fraud at Universities Common, Ignored
24 June 08 04:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

“Surprisingly common but underreported” is how a report published in the journal Nature characterizes acts of scientific fraud at the nation’s universities, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Science Fraud at Universities Read More...

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States Increase Financial Aid Funding for Student Loans and Grants
23 June 08 02:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

State spending on financial aid for undergraduates increased 6 percent or by a total of $9.3 billion in 2006-07 academic year, after growth slowed to 3.4 percent during the 2005–06 academic year, according to a recent report by the National Association Read More...

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Obama Promises Aid to Struggling College Students in Michigan
23 June 08 01:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Showing his support for college students in Michigan, the state with the nation’s highest unemployment rate, democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama listened to Wayne County Community College students talk about their struggles of trying to balance Read More...

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Community Colleges Want to Control How Much Certain Students Can Borrow in Student Loans
20 June 08 04:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Concerned that some students at two-year schools may borrow more in federal student loans than they can afford to repay, community college officials want the federal government to give community colleges control over how much their students can borrow Read More...

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State-Based Loan Agencies May Not Offer Student Loans, Despite Government Intervention
20 June 08 04:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just this year, some 112 student loan lenders have cut back or ended their participation in the federal and private student loan markets, including nine state loan agencies, who have each issued slightly different responses to the industry’s changes, Read More...

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Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

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