Tuesday, 15 November 2011

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ED Invites Institutions to Participate in Experimental Sites Initiative

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

NASFAA encourages members to apply by Dec. 12 to participate in the Department of Education's experimental site initiative. The initiative gives ED authority to grant waivers from specific Title IV...

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Today is Gainful Employment Reporting Date

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Today is the last day to report gainful employment (GE) information to the Department of Education (ED) without any adverse action taken by ED. Online reporting functionality for gainful employment...

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Survey: Young Americans Concerned About Student Debt, Widely Support Pell Grant Funding

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"There is broad concern about student debt and college affordability among young Americans - as well as support for Pell Grant funding - according to a recent survey," Campus Progress reports....

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Colleges Fear Tough Budget News From Congressional Supercommittee

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Optimists see scenarios in the coming days under which the secretive supercommittee of lawmakers on Capitol Hill spares higher education from the deep cuts needed to shrink the federal budget...

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Opinion: Pell Grants in Jeopardy for Thousands of South Florida College Students

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"For the third time in less than a year, thousands of college students throughout South Florida and around the nation are worried about losing the crucial financial aid that helps them stay in...

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Another White House Executive Move: Cutting Waste

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"To show that its broad campaign to cut government waste is working, the White House says the administration cut improper payments by nearly $18 billion in 2011, largely in such programs as Medicare,...

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New York: Immigrant Aid on Regents Agenda

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"The New York State Board of Regents is poised to enter the next phase of its legislative push to help illegal immigrants who enter college by formally adopting a plan that would require the state to...

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Coburn: Government Is Subsidizing the Rich

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"As Congress wrestles with how to bring down the historically high budget deficit, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) today released a report that showed that under the current tax code, millionaires are...

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Occupy Student Loans

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"A prominent (if disputed) criticism of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been its amorphous, platform-free nature," Inside Higher Ed reports. "But as the protests that began in New York in...

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Career Colleges Are Accused of Job-Placement Fraud

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Hollywood is a town built on illusions, and the Los Angeles Recording School sits at its center, a stone's throw from the big-name studios its graduates dream of working for," the Chronicle of...

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