Thursday 22 September 2011

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Senate Spending Bill Trims Undergrad Loan Subsidy to Fund Pell

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT

The Senate Appropriations Committee's fiscal year (FY) 2012 Labor-H spending bill protects the maximum $5,550 Pell Grant for award year 2012-13 by eliminating the in-school interest subsidy on...

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To Pay or Not to Pay For College?

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:56 AM PDT

"College students are coming up with their own creative ways to pay for college as skyrocketing tuition fees and tough economic times have made it increasingly difficult for parents and financial aid...

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College Degrees Requiring More Student Debt

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:53 AM PDT

"Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success, a report released in early August by Education Sector, attempts to provide students choosing colleges and policymakers with a single measure...

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New Graduate-Student Enrollment Dips for First Time in 7 Years

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT

"The number of new students enrolled in the nation's graduate schools in the fall of 2010 fell for the first time in seven years, even though applications for graduate programs that began that year...

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Stern Advice: What to Do if Buried in Student Loans

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:44 AM PDT

"If you stop making payments on a federal student loan, Uncle Sam will hunt you down and haunt you forever," Reuters reports. "You can hide for 45 years and then find your Social-Security check...

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Clashes of Money and Values: A Survey of Admissions Directors

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

"Admissions counselors like to talk about finding the right 'fit' for applicants - a great match between a student's educational and other goals and an institution's programs," Inside Higher...

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State-Level Immigration Bills Hit Record Number in 2011, Report Says

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:06 AM PDT

"The number of immigration bills proposed in state capitals reached a record 1,592 this year, but the number actually signed into law fell by one - fourth, according to the National Conference of...

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Resources for Struggling Job Seekers

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:03 AM PDT

"Job Angels' premise was that each member would commit to a single goal: helping just one person find gainful employment," according to U.S. News and World Report. "General uncertainty, poor consumer...

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09-21: Federal Perkins Loan Default Reduction Assistance Program (DRAP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The Default Reduction Assistance Program (DRAP) assists schools in bringing defaulted Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) borrowers back into repayment before their accounts are sent to collection...

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Plan Ahead With a College Search Checklist

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Getting into the school of your dreams is a four-year process, but it doesn't have to be a grind.

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