Wednesday 19 October 2011

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Give Yourself a Mid-Semester Financial Checkup

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Midway through the college semester is a good time to see how you're doing with your money.

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How to Apply to College for Free

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT

You don't have to spend a fortune on your college applications--or any money at all.

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New ‘No Child’ Legislation Faces Uphill Battle

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT

A new, bipartisan bill to revise No Child Left Behind has been introduced in the Senate.

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NCES Report Documents Decline in Need-Based Aid, Increase in Merit Aid

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 01:08 AM PDT

The number of undergraduates receiving institutional merit aid exceeded the number receiving institutional need-based aid at public four-year institutions in 2007-08, according to a new report by the...

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It's Not Me. It's You.

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:45 AM PDT

"Presidents of Indiana's public universities were called before a panel of lawmakers in September and asked to justify increasing tuition significantly over the past decade," Inside Higher...

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Student Loan Debt Hits Record Levels

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:44 AM PDT

"The amount of student loans taken out last year crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time and total loans outstanding will exceed $1 trillion for the first time this year," USA Today reports....

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Marine Corps Slashes Its Tuition-Assistance Benefit, as Pentagon Considers Cuts for All Services

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 12:42 AM PDT

"In a precedent-setting move, the U.S. Marine Corps has cut tuition assistance for its service members by 80 percent, reducing the maximum benefit from $4,500 a year to $875," the Chronicle of Higher...

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Despite Claims, Federal Student Aid Helps Make College Affordable

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:17 PM PDT

"The myth that federal student aid fuels tuition increases has been refuted time and time again by empirical evidence, but continues to be propagated by editorial writers," National Association of...

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Bad Marks for College-Savings Plans May Not Call for a Time Out

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:15 PM PDT

"Third-quarter report cards are in for college-savings plans and the results are likely to trouble many parents," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The new figures, from fund researcher Morningstar...

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Net Price Calculators May Be Too Simple to Use

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:13 PM PDT

"Starting Oct. 29, the nation's colleges and universities must have a net price calculator installed on their websites," Lynn O'Shaughnessy writes in U.S. News and World Report's College...

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