Monday 19 December 2011

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California: Like Ivies, Berkeley Adds Aid to Draw Middle-Class Students

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"The University of California, Berkeley, announced Wednesday that it would offer far more financial aid to middle-class students starting next fall, with families earning up to $140,000 a year...

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12-16: Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #30 – Gainful Employment Data Corrections

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

On Nov. 16, 2011, the Department released Gainful Employment Electronic Announcement #28 that discussed the Nov. 15, 2011 Gainful Employment (GE) reporting deadline and information relating to GE...

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A Thoughtless Way to Cut Pell Grants

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Over the last two years, the Obama administration and Congress have repeatedly tried to shore up funding for the program in order to maintain the maximum Pell Grant at $5,550," Stephen Burd writes...

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12-16: COD Processing Update

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Federal Student Aid is pleased to announce the availability of the recorded versions of two online, instructor-led  training sessions on the Federal Direct Loan Program. These two webinars, "Direct...

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Opinion: Short Path to Jobs

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"It's no secret that the community college sector and the completion agenda in particular, derived in large part from the American Graduation Initiative (AGI), have gotten a lot of attention...

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Pell Grants: Fewer of Them Under Budget Deal

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"College students taking longer than six years to obtain their undergraduate degree would have their Pell grants cut off next school year under a $1 trillion budget bill passed Friday in the House,"...

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New Toolkit Provides Resources to Help Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) has a new resource available to assist FAAs in their work with unaccompanied homeless youth. This "Unaccompanied...

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529 College Savings Plans Have Their Downsides

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Sherri and Cliff Nitschke thought they were planning wisely for their children's college educations when they opened a 529 savings account in 1998," the Los Angeles Times reports. "The Fresno couple...

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Opinion: Beware of Private Student Loans

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Dec. 19, 2011 - Personal finance columnist Eileen Ambrose quotes NASFAA President Justin Draeger in article about private student loans and financing college education in the Pittsburgh...

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Study: Community College Dropouts Prove Costly

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

"Fewer than 45 percent of college-ready students and just 20 percent of remedial students earn a certificate or degree in four years at Valencia College in Orlando, Fla.," according to U.S. News and...

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