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Senator Pushes Colleges for Enhanced Oversight of Funded Research and Endowments
28 July 08 09:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, wants colleges to be held more accountable in both their academic research and their endowment spending, according to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More...

Filed under: Charles Grassley, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chuck Grassley, college, college loans, conflict of interest, endowment, financial aid, grants, Harvard, higher education, National Institutes of Health, NextStudent, NIH, research, research institutions, science, Senate Finance Committee, Stanford, student loans, tuition, University of Cincinnati

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

Controversial Admissions Policy Proposal Could Shake Up University of California System
21 July 08 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

The biggest change in how the University of California system evaluates prospective applicants in 10 years could come from a major administrator-proposed revision to the system’s admissions policy, allowing schools to depend less on test scores and more Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, college student loan, financial aid, Josh Keller, NextStudent, student loan, tuition, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Merced, U.C. Riverside, UCLA, University of California, University of California admissions, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, William Drummond

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

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

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...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, classroom, college, college loans, financial aid, Jeffrey Young, mini-lecture, NextStudent, online learning, student loans, tuition, York University, YouTube, YouTube Professor

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...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, Eric Kelderman, financial aid, Missouri Education Loan Authority, Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, NextStudent, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, State Lenders, State-Based Loan Agencies, student loans, tuition

Gas Prices Put the Squeeze on Community College Students
17 June 08 05:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

With gasoline prices approaching $5 a gallon, students who attend community colleges in rural America — where a one-way trip to school is often 30 miles or more — are being forced to make some tough decisions about school, according to an article in The Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, community college, financial aid, gas prices, Libby Sander, NextStudent, student loans, tuition, University of New Mexico, Williston State College

U.S. Colleges to Provide Iraq Troops With On-Site Courses
22 May 08 03:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Beginning August 1, 2008, three U.S. colleges will be the first schools to offer on-ground instruction to U.S. troops in Iraq, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ The Educated Soldier: 3 Colleges Will Provide Courses for Forces Read More...

Filed under: Andrea L. Foster, Central Texas College, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Department of Defense, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, financial aid, Iraq War, NextStudent, soldiers, student loans, Susan Aldridge, troops, tuition, University of Maryland University College

Study Abroad Charges Challenged in Lawsuit
03 March 08 02:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How much college students are required to pay for their study-abroad programs could hang in the balance of a recent lawsuit brought by a father against his daughter’s school. The suit, reported by Karin Fischer in The Chronicle of Higher Education , challenges 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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