Thursday, 3 May 2012

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Senate Leader Backs End to Illinois Scholarship Perk

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Senate President John Cullerton agreed Wednesday to end a century-old policy of letting Illinois legislators hand out college tuition waivers to their constituents, and a Senate panel quickly...

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Quality Higher Education Doesn't Need to Cost So Much

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"As the U.S. continues to look for ways to increase the number of college graduates, the primary roadblock is the cost of college -- tuition increases outpace the rate of inflation every year,"...

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The New Politics of Student Debt

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"These days, Robert Applebaum is feeling vindicated," Inside Higher Ed reports. "In January 2009, Applebaum, then a 35-year-old lawyer with more than $80,000 in student debt, created a petition...

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Did Anyone Ask the Students?, Part 2

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"College is about the networked, maturing experience," Jeff Selingo writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Next blog. "The conversations around the point of a college education didn't yield...

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$60 Million Venture to Bring Harvard, MIT Online for the Masses

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"You've seen the Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT versions of mass-elite online learning debut over the past few months," Fast Company reports. "Now Harvard, the Apple of universities, is finally making a...

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ANN-12-10: Live Internet Webinar – Gainful Employment: How to Read Your GE Back-Up Detail Report

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

This letter announces an instructor-led, online training session that will provide information on the upcoming release of the Gainful Employment Informational Rates back-up detail reports, with a...

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Student Loans 101: The Interest Rate Uproar

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree: It would be a mistake to let interest rates on student loans double in July," the Associated Press reports. "The debate is touching a nerve because it...

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Opinion: Short-Term Fixes

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Federally subsidized student loan rates were bound to become an election-year fight, since Congress provided only enough money for five years of low-interest rates in 2007," the New York...

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Student Loans: New Survey Finds College Grads Carry Large Debt Into Middle Age

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"There's a good chance college graduates will still be more than $20,000 in student loan debt by the time they reach the age of 45," the Huffington Post reports. "Four-in-ten adults above the age of...

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College Affordability and the American Dream

Posted: 02 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Our university community has met every budget challenge with creative thinking in order to preserve our core missions," University of Iowa President Sally Mason writes in the Huffington Post...

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