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After 86% Tuition Increase, Texas Senate Says “Enough Is Enough”
14 May 09 12:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Senate has voted to limit future tuition hikes, including a 5–percent yearly cap for the largest universities in the state, after seeing the state’s 35 public universities increase tuition and fees 86 percent since 2003. Read More...

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Despite Down Economy, College Student Aid Still Thriving
23 March 09 05:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In economic downturns, colleges and universities become flooded with students of all ages looking to better prepare themselves for an increasingly competitive job market. But these schools haven’t been immune to the effects of today’s recession. Fortunately, for every recent economic downturn in higher education there’s also been a tangible upside. Read More...

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College Tuition, Student Borrowing On the Rise In Down Economy
03 November 08 01:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new report has found that last year’s increases in college tuition were more on pace with rises in the Consumer Price Index — the measure of the average price of consumer goods and services. But despite the relative steadiness of college affordability, Read More...

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Students Protest, Struggle to Meet California Schools’ Tuition Increases
23 May 08 09:24 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the sixth time in seven years, California’s 670,000 public university students will pay more to attend schools in the University of California and California State University systems, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle (“ UC, CSU Read More...

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Western Kentucky University Students to See 9-Percent Jump in Tuition
01 May 08 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at Western Kentucky University will see higher tuition costs after the school’s board of regents approved a 9-percent tuition hike on April 25, for the 2008–09 academic year. Under the new tuition rate, in-state undergraduate tuition will increase Read More...

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