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UC System Needs a Boost of Higher-Paying Students
05 January 09 04:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The University of California public school system is considering increasing the number of out-of-state students it accepts in an effort to help UC schools bring in more revenue and offset cuts in state funding, reports the Los Angeles Times (“ UC Officials Read More...

Filed under: California budget gap, California state budget deficit, college loans, David Shulenburger, graduates, John Garamendi, NASULGC, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, NextStudent, out-of-state students, out-of-state tuition, student loans, UC Board of Regents, UC school system, undergraduates, University of California

Program to Offer NY Students Low-Cost College Loans
17 December 08 04:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite New York’s $15 billion budget deficit, Gov. David Paterson announced he is creating a student loan program that would allow New York college students to borrow $350 million in low-cost private student loans directly from the state, reports The Read More...

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Colleges Using Creative Solutions to Meet Growing Demand For On-Campus Housing
30 July 08 06:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Forty percent more upperclassmen requested on-campus housing this year at the University of Missouri than the previous year, creating a housing-accommodation challenge that colleges across the country are facing this fall, according to an article in The 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 | 7 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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Teach for America Sees Surge in Applications
24 June 08 03:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Teach for America, the nonprofit program that recruits graduates of elite colleges to become teachers at underserved public schools, is on a winning streak, according to U.S. News & World Report (“ Plenty of Praise for Teach for America ,” June 20, Read More...

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New Report Details Federal Grant, Student Loan Trends
04 June 08 05:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

During the 2005–06 academic year, 75 percent of the 2.7 million full-time undergraduates pursuing a program certification or a bachelor’s degree for the first time received one or more types of financial aid, according to a new report on enrollment in Read More...

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Wilkes University Puts Freshman Recruits Front and Center and Billboard-Size
04 May 08 03:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Wilkes University, a small, private school in northeastern Pennsylvania, is using a quirky new in-your-face $120,000 ad campaign to get the attention of today’s media- and marketing-savvy students. The university is plastering personalized messages on billboards, pizza boxes, gas pumps, and even on MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to students it wants to make a part of its freshman class. Read More...

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