Friday 15 June 2012

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Some Members Of U.S. Congress Still Paying Student Loans

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida doesn't stand out as a member of Congress with a law degree. He does as a lawmaker who is still paying for it," Bloomberg reports. "Annual financial disclosure...

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Student Loan Experts Call for Increased Responsibility

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"A panel of finance experts met Thursday at an event sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute – called 'Which way out? Confronting the problems of student loans' – to discuss increasing...

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Rate of Return Key in Paying Down Debt

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Recently, I received an email from a 25-year-old who has been saving "every penny" she's earned since age 16," the Chicago Tribune reports. "Though she earns $48,000, she's put $62,000 in the bank....

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06-14: Pell Grant LEU Information – Additional 2012-2013 COD System Update

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

One of the changes made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 is a provision that limits the duration of a student's eligibility to receive a Federal Pell Grant to the equivalent of six years....

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New U.S. Education Department Data Identify High- and Low-Cost Schools

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"The U.S. Department of Education's latest college cost report shows minority-serving institutions with some of the lowest net prices nationwide while others are struggling to keep tuition down due...

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Borrowers Share Their Student Debt Stories

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Students, college graduates and their families have shared their personal struggles with education debt with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," Ann Carrns writes for the New York Times...

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06-14: REMINDER: SAIG Upgrade – All EDconnect and TDClient Users Must Upgrade to EDconnect 8.1 or TDClient 3.2 by June 24, 2012

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Department of Education is in the process of implementing an upgrade to all components of the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG). New versions of EDconnect and TDClient were posted to the...

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Senate Appropriates Committee Would Increase Maximum Pell Award

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to approve the fiscal year (FY) 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Spending on most...

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How to Improve College Student Aid Disclosure

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Ten college and university presidents met with Vice President Biden at the White House recently to announce their voluntary endorsement of a uniform financial aid award letter that would provide...

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Opinion: Of Student Aid, College Costs

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

June 15, 2012 - In the Worcester Telegram, Jack P. Calareso, president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, writes about a recent article by NASFAA President Justin Draeger that "provided a fact-based...

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