Wednesday 30 November 2011

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ED Invites Institutions to Participate in Experimental Sites Initiative

Posted: 29 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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Comment Request: College Affordability and Transparency Explanation Form (CATEF) 2011-2014

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

In response to Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) provisions, the Department of Education created the College Affordability and Transparency Center (CATC) which can be accessed through College...

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Duncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costs

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a speech Tuesday pushed higher education officials to 'think more creatively--and with much greater urgency--about how to contain the spiraling costs of college...

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Measuring Completion

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"After more than a year of study, a federal committee is urging the Education Department to change how it tracks and evaluates graduation rates and other measures of success for students at community...

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Measuring Completion

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"After more than a year of study, a federal committee is urging the Education Department to change how it tracks and evaluates graduation rates and other measures of success for students at community...

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Professionals Say Students Should Be Willing to Take Out Some Loans

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"A recent report by the Institute for College Access and Success shows that about two-thirds of students who graduated from college in 2010 had student loan debt," according to U.S. News and World...

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Professionals Say Students Should Be Willing to Take Out Some Loans

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"A recent report by the Institute for College Access and Success shows that about two-thirds of students who graduated from college in 2010 had student loan debt," according to U.S. News and World...

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Student Debt Hint: Avoid It

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Consumers are pulling back on their debt, except in one noticeable, troubling area," columnist Michelle Singletary writes in the Washington Post. "The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that...

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Student Debt Hint: Avoid It

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Consumers are pulling back on their debt, except in one noticeable, troubling area," columnist Michelle Singletary writes in the Washington Post. "The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that...

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Preparing for Aid Applications

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

"The federal form students and families use to apply for financial aid won't be available until the new year," Beckie Supiano writes about first-year Financial Aid Director John Gudvangen in...

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