Tuesday 20 March 2012

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Opinion: The Best Way to Fix Student Aid: Make the Colleges Earn It

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Colleges receive enormous sums of taxpayer dollars. They should be required to demonstrate freshman-to-senior growth in learning and employability that even minimally justifies the four to eight...

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03-19: Complete 2011-12 Federal Student Aid Handbook with Index Linked to Entries

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Department of Education has released the indexed version of the 2011-12 Federal Student Aid Handbook. A PDF version of this document is available on the Information for Financial Aid...

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A Graduate Student With $88,000 in Student Loans Speaks Out About College Debt

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Across the East River, a 35-year-old Hunter College graduate student named Monica Johnson woke up with debt on her mind," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "She's always thinking about...

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No Diploma, No GED, No Aid

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Students who wanted to attend college, but didn't have a high school diploma or GED, used to be able to get federal grants and loans through a back door: either take a basic skills test to prove...

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Can Your Family Afford College?

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"The average college graduate now carries roughly $25,000 in student loan debt, but many families rack up far more, especially if they have several children," Visa Inc. Senior Director Jason Alderman...

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Making the Most of College Tax Breaks

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"It's too bad colleges don't offer a class in 'advanced tax strategies' to all freshmen, along with those study skills, health and diversity sessions," Reuters reports. "That extra expertise would...

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Campuses Engage Students, U.S. Style

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Universities in many countries are now serving a broader - and needier - population than in the past," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "Often under public scrutiny, they are tracking...

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The For-Profit Next Door

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Rasmussen College is a relatively small fish that prefers small ponds," Inside Higher Ed reports. "That may be why the for-profit chain is sitting pretty compared to many of its higher-profile...

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Opinion: Jason Delisle on the Federal Student Loan Program

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Federal student loans are not profitable for the government, nor does the government break even on the loans," Jason Delisle writes for the National Review. "Using fair value estimates, student...

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Student-Loan Debt—Who Cares Most?

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"During this campaign season, so far, we've seen extreme views on higher education, from Rick Santorum's accusation that the president is a 'snob' for advocating that everyone in America should go to...

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