Monday, 3 October 2011

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New Report Details High School Dropout Prevention Efforts

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Most school districts offer some sort of dropout prevention program.

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Higher Education Officials, NASFAA Members Talk Regulatory Burden with Advisory Committee

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Higher education officials attending the regulatory burden portion of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance's (ACSFA) public hearing Friday unanimously agreed that duplicative and...

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Cheap, Maybe Even Free, Higher Education

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:03 AM PDT

"In American higher education, outsiders are expected to be seen but not heard (except, of course, when they deliver the cash needed to run the schools)," Richard Vedder writes for the Center for...

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South Carolina: Ex-Inmate Gets 4 Years for Student Aid Fraud

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:58 AM PDT

"A former South Carolina inmate has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for using the identities of 23 fellow prisoners to fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of student financial...

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Rhode Island: Illegal Students Face Obstacles Even After College

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:57 AM PDT

"The Urban Institute has estimated that 65,000 illegal immigrants graduate from high school in the U.S. every year," the Wall Street Journal reports. "But even if more students go on to attend public...

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Ohio: State Now Dogging Unpaid Student Debt

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:55 AM PDT

"Students who think they can walk away from their college bills might want to think again: The state might not let the issue drop," the Akron Beacon Journal reports. "In the past three years alone,...

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Lawmakers Call for Crackdown on Student-Aid Fraud in Online Programs

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:54 AM PDT

"The top Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee are urging the Education Department to crack down on 'criminals' who exploit the federal student-aid system, following the...

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Tailored Loan Payment Plan Could Help

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT

"One of the federal government's best options to help you pay your student loan debt - squaring your monthly payments with all the drains on your paycheck - also happens to be one of the most...

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09-30: Columbus Day Federal Holiday Processing and Customer Service Hours

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:05 AM PDT

The Department of Education as some of its Title IV processors and call centers will be closed on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 to observe the Columbus Day federal holiday. See the attachment for the various...

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