Thursday, 13 October 2011

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The Promise of a College Scholarship Inspires Hope and Communities

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Promise initiatives represent a place-based, or locally grown, effort to build educational and economic opportunity through community-based strategies. While these programs are neither affiliated...

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Wall Street's Pitch to Profit on Federal Student Loans

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:44 AM PDT

"The investment banking industry – and its friends in Congress – have cooked up a scheme they are pitching to the 'supercommittee' that they say would reduce the federal debt and cut federal...

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New York: College Access Grants Target Prospective Students

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:41 AM PDT

"Despite decreased state and federal aid awarded to colleges during the ongoing recession, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $2.5 million in College Access Challenge Grants to programs that...

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Student-Loan Debt Among Top Occupy Wall Street Concerns

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:40 AM PDT

"Student-loan debt has continued to grow despite a financial crisis that constrained credit elsewhere, and the increasing burden amid high unemployment is driving at least part of the protests among...

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180 Private Colleges Fail Education Dept.'s Latest Financial-Responsibility Test

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:38 AM PDT

"A total of 150 private nonprofit colleges failed the U.S. Department of Education's most recent financial-responsibility test, which covers the 2010 fiscal year, according to data released by the...

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Start Your Student Loan Search Now

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:03 PM PDT

"Loan application deadlines will be here before you know it and there are many decisions to make and documents to fill out ahead of time to avoid costly last-minute mistakes," Visa Inc. Senior...

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House Appropriations Bill Threatens Low-Income Students

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:02 PM PDT

"Last week, House Republicans released a 2012 appropriations bill that would determine the funding for the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services," Julie Margetta Morgan...

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As Student Loan Grace Period Ends, Consider Options to Avoid Default

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:01 PM PDT

"That's right, your fleeting six-month grace period is almost finished," Equal Justice Works writes in the U.S. News and World Report's Student Loan Ranger blog. "We've also compiled some tips for...

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Connecticut: UConn's Bradley Says Decision to Relinquish Scholarship for Drummond was Made for Team

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:57 PM PDT

"Connecticut center Michael Bradley says it was his decision to give up his scholarship so the Huskies could sign prize recruit Andre Drummond, and he doesn't want anyone's pity," the Washington...

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10-12: 2012-13 EDE Technical Reference (Final)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT

The Department of Education has posted the complete version of the 2012-13 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference. The EDE Technical Reference provides programmer specifications, record...

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