Friday 23 September 2011

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Creative Writing Centers Help Students Become Published Authors

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Helmed by a best-selling author, a nonprofit with 826 writing centers lets inner-city students be heard.

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09-22: Forthcoming COD System Update to Accept Single Disbursement Loans Based on Cohort Default Rate

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:12 AM PDT

During the period Oct. 21-22, 2011, the Department of Education (ED) will update the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System to begin accepting single disbursement loans from schools whose...

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Student Aid Advisory Committee to Congress Appoints New Chair, Vice Chair

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:10 AM PDT

The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance has appointed Norm Bedford as chairman and Helen Benjamin as vice chair for the upcoming year beginning Oct. 1, 2011. The Advisory Committee...

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When it Comes to Saving Pell, Colleges May be Their Own Worst Enemy

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:07 AM PDT

"Are colleges trying to kill the Pell Grant program?" Stephen Burd writes in the New America Foundation's Higher Ed Watch blog. "It sounds like an absurd question. But after reading the results of a...

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Financing College In Tough Times Is No Easy Feat

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:06 AM PDT

"Diane Dodge, the director of EBCF, said that knowing how to ask for financial assistance from colleges can be tricky, but it is essential that students don't take 'No' for an answer," Youth Radio -...

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Illinois: ECC President Sam Touts Success of Financial Counseling, Partnerships with Feeder Districts

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT

"Elgin Community College saw it coming, according to Amy Perrin, the college's director of financial aid and scholarships," the Courier-News reports. "That's why the community college this year began...

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Minnesota: State Attorney General Joins Lawsuit Against For-Profit Colleges

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:03 AM PDT

"Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said today that her office has joined a lawsuit that cliams two for-profit colleges illegally collect 'state taxpayer-financed student financial aid,"...

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News Analysis: For-Profit-College Codes of Conduct Seek to Quell Skeptics

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT

"How many industry codes of conduct does it take to persuade the public that for-profit colleges are serious about reform?" the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "For those keeping score - and...

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8 For-Profit Colleges Collect More Than $1-Billion in Veterans' Education Benefits

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:59 AM PDT

"Eight for-profit colleges collected a combined $1.02-billion in veterans' education benefits last year, about 23 percent of all of those benefits disbursed, according to a Senate report released on...

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Senators' Report Highlights Prevalence of Military Aid at For-Profits

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:59 AM PDT

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disbursed $4.4 billion in higher education benefits to 5,985 institutions in the 2010-11 academic year and more than 37 percent were disbursed to...

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