Thursday, 14 June 2012

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Earn High School Credits in Online Summer School

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Students can take advantage of summer learning while keeping a flexible schedule.

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European Universities Consider How to Adapt to the New Economic Climate

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"European universities need to come to terms with the fact that they can no longer expect generous government financing, an irreversible trend exacerbated by the global financial crisis,"...

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Student Loan Payback Gets White House Attention

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Under the present terms of the 4-year-old Income-Based Repayment Plan, graduates who enroll get charged 15% of their monthly discretionary income to pay off loans. All debt is forgiven after 25...

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A College Education on the Cheap? Tech Start-Ups Take on Higher Ed

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Technology start-ups are cracking into the higher education market and their pitch is an enticing one: A college education for anyone at almost no cost," CNBC reports. "Sound to good to be true? The...

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Opinion: Do We Need a Revolution in Higher Education?

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"A college degree does not hold the status and significance it once did," former Education Secretary William J. Bennett writes for CNN. "Recent data from the Census Bureau and Department of Labor...

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Significant Student Debt Reforms Quietly Take Flight

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Once again, much of the press attention last week focused on the political posturing around the pending doubling of subsidized Stafford loan interest rates," Equal Justice Works writes for U.S. News...

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Federal Education Leaders Urge Families to Compare College Costs

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday urged parents and students to explore the federal government's national online tool for college costs," the Los Angeles Times reports. "The tuition...

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New Competition in Britain

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Private higher education providers in Britain are to compete directly with public universities for undergraduate places for the first time after the British government announced that it aimed to...

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Consumer Agency Releases 2,000 Complaints About Private Student Loans

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Many borrowers of private student loans are frustrated by their limited options to repay increasingly unmanageable piles of debt," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "That's one of the main...

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06-13: 2012-13 COD System Peak Processing Reminders

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

In late June 2012, the Department of Education (ED) will begin another peak processing period for the 2012-13 Award Year. Origination and disbursement responses are processed throughout the day and...

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