Financial Aid News

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• GEN-11-17: Fraud in Postsecondary Distance Education Programs – URGENT CALL TO ACTION
• School Debt A Long-Term Burden For Many Graduates
• Education Department Calls on Colleges to Help Stop Student-Aid Fraud
• NCAA to Consider Sweeping Changes in Athlete Aid and Eligibility Rules
• Florida Governor Wants Job-Placement Data From State Universities
• Opinion: Congress Must Not Squander America's Big Investment Opportunity
• College Board Reveals the Real Occupy Wall Street Problem
• Student Loans: How Much Do You Owe?
• Who Should Pay for Education?
• ANN 11-21: EDExpress Online Training – Release of 508-Compliant Versions of EDExpress Online Training for 2011-2012 and Direct Loan Tools Online Training

GEN-11-17: Fraud in Postsecondary Distance Education Programs – URGENT CALL TO ACTION Posted: 21 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance to address potential fraud in the Federal student aid programs at institutions of higher education that offer distance education programs. This... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

School Debt A Long-Term Burden For Many Graduates Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:57 AM PDT "With the nation's student-loan debt climbing toward $1 trillion, it's taking many young people longer than ever to pay off their loans," NPR reports. "Two-thirds of college students now graduate... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Education Department Calls on Colleges to Help Stop Student-Aid Fraud Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:56 AM PDT "The Education Department is urging colleges to take steps to protect the federal student-aid programs from fraud, less than a month after its Office of Inspector General issued a report detailing... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

NCAA to Consider Sweeping Changes in Athlete Aid and Eligibility Rules Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:54 AM PDT "Major-college athletes could receive up to $2,000 a year more in institutional aid and be granted multiyear scholarships under a wide-ranging set of proposals to be presented to the NCAA's Division... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Florida Governor Wants Job-Placement Data From State Universities Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT "Continuing his crusade for accountability, Gov. Rick Scott of Florida has sent a letter to each of the state's 11 university presidents asking 17 detailed questions about how well the institutions... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Opinion: Congress Must Not Squander America's Big Investment Opportunity Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT "Two years into economic recovery from the Great Recession, over 46 million Americans live in poverty, including 16 million children, according to the latest data released by the US Census Bureau,"... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

College Board Reveals the Real Occupy Wall Street Problem Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:47 AM PDT "What's hurting millenials the most, day to day, is not CEO bonuses, nor is it an unfair tax structure. We don't have to pay for that each month," Alexandra Petri writes in the Washington Post's... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Student Loans: How Much Do You Owe? Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:45 AM PDT "This week everyone is buzzing about how the total amount of student loan debt is expected to hit $1 trillion before the end of the year," Jenna Johnson writes in the Washington Post's Campus... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Who Should Pay for Education? Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:44 AM PDT "In both the Chilean and Colombian cases, there have been in somewhat different paths taken in matters related to the development of their respective higher-education systems, but both are... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

ANN 11-21: EDExpress Online Training – Release of 508-Compliant Versions of EDExpress Online Training for 2011-2012 and Direct Loan Tools Online Training Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:26 AM PDT This letter announces Federal Student Aid's release of full versions of EDExpress Online Training for 2011-2012 and Direct Loan Tools Online Training. This is the final release related to EDExpress... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

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