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Ohio Schools Prep for No-Cost College Education Program for Vets
19 May 09 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Last summer Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland offered American military veterans worldwide a no-cost education at any of Ohio’s public colleges. The state has just now finished tallying its number of veteran students in preparation for the program’s Aug. 1, 2009 start date, the same day the new GI Bill goes into effect. Read More...

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State Colleges Cut Staff, Programs as Budgets Slashed
20 March 09 11:32 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State University who seven years ago promised to make ASU “The New American University” and to grow the school’s enrollment to 100,000 students by 2020, could see his plans go unfulfilled because of state budget cuts. Read More...

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$50 Million Given to California Community Colleges to Aid Needy Students
12 May 08 05:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In what may be the largest gift ever donated to the nation’s community colleges, the San Francisco–based Bernard Osher Foundation recently announced that it has pledged up to $50 million to help needy students attending California’s two-year institutions. Read More...

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