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2012/05/27 08:50
2012/05/27 08:50
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... had to cut back as the larger economic downturn hit all of their main funding sources, said Phillip Doolittle, the school's executive vice president and chief operating officer. "The thing...
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2012/05/27 07:47
2012/05/27 07:47
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... retirement. Far too often parents are doing serious damage to their retirement funds while students are saddled with decades of debt payments. It's not uncommon for students to enter college...
2012/05/25 15:19
2012/05/25 15:19
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... been rising at a frantic rate, true. But we should also consider the “net price” which is what students actually pay after factoring in grants and scholarships. Those grants and scholarships have...
2012/05/25 13:09
2012/05/25 13:09
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... main culprits behind rising tuition are a lack of competition and the limitless amounts of student aid that schools can simply pocket as they raise their rates. As Romney's position paper...
2012/05/25 10:04
2012/05/25 10:04
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... make Cal Grant requirements more stringent, which could substantially restrict access to financial aid for 80,000 University of California students, officials said. Released earlier this...
2012/05/25 04:38
2012/05/25 04:38
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You are living the dream, having been accepted at a number of colleges. The financial aid award letters arrive, and your dream turns into a nightmare as you try to decode their contents. Why can't...
2012/05/25 02:09
2012/05/25 02:09
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Americans carry more debt on their student loans than their credit cards — more than $1 trillion annually. This places a huge burden on students, banks and taxpayers alike. Student debt presents one...
2012/05/24 23:06
2012/05/24 23:06
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... recommendations to make award letters less confusing. The National Association of Student financial aid Administrators is opposed to the standardized letter and prefers to give...
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2012/05/24 11:31
2012/05/24 11:31
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Living the life of a student often consists of subsiding on pasta with ketchup sauce and two kroner Harboe beer from Netto while living in a small, dank and vastly overpriced room. Yet, there are...
2012/05/24 10:19
2012/05/24 10:19
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The following editorial appeared Wednesday in The New York Times. For too many students, a college education that is supposed to create opportunities can also mean years of struggle to pay off tens...
2012/05/24 02:16
2012/05/24 02:16
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... “Scholarships” and click “Apply for Scholarships.” After completing the on-line application, students will be considered automatically for all of the GCC Educational Foundation’s...
2012/05/24 02:06
2012/05/24 02:06
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... about her tenure on Wednesday. She is leaving to become president at CSU Northridge. The financial picture is looking bleak for college students as federal and state cuts to financial aid...
2012/05/23 22:41
2012/05/23 22:41
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SALT LAKE CITY — June 6 will be Rachel Telladira's last day as a student at East High School. She'll then spend a large part of the summer bagging groceries at Harmons in City Creek, hoping to earn...
2012/05/23 14:39
2012/05/23 14:39
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... loans,” he wrote. The body of the email consisted only of a Bloomberg article titled, “Student Borrowers Lack Understanding of Loan Terms, Study Shows.” I didn’t respond to his email (I...
2012/05/23 12:37
2012/05/23 12:37
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... you are in college, it doesn't seem real," said Ben Herrington-Gilmore, who will graduate Sunday from Occidental College. The weak economy compounds graduates' worries about payments on many...
2012/05/23 08:00
2012/05/23 08:00
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... that a college education is key to success and achieving the American dream. As a college student, I believe that too. But I am also all too aware of the financial strain that college puts...
2012/05/23 02:16
2012/05/23 02:16
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Now that students have achieved a huge victory in blocking the UW administration's illegal energy fee, we have a lot to celebrate, but we also have work to do. With the state Legislature facing a $1...
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2012/05/22 22:17
2012/05/22 22:17
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... the special-education department in a low-income school district. I have a mountain of student-loan debt. My Perkins loan has been forgiven 100% because of where I work. Can my Stafford...
2012/05/22 21:10
2012/05/22 21:10
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The rush is on to apply for the State's new school voucher program. It is an opportunity for parents to place their children into a school that is not failing, but the spaces in the schools are...
2012/05/22 13:55
2012/05/22 13:55
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... see a turn-around in Washington state. At the federal level, I think it is very important that students are looking at two main issues. One is the Pell Grant. Pell Grants are the number one...