Friday 27 January 2012

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Why Were Pell Grants Left Out of Obama’s Speech

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"In his State of the Union Speech last night, President Obama proposed reducing the interest rate on federally subsidized student loans in the 2013 fiscal year, expanding the Federal Work Study...

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Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that for the first time would tie colleges' eligibility for campus-based aid programs - Perkins loans, work-study jobs and supplemental grants...

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Texas: Undocumented Students Reminded to Seek Legal Status

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Undocumented students who get in-state tuition rates at Texas community colleges and universities will get annual reminders about their obligation to seek legal status in exchange for the break in...

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Congressman Joe Courtney Introduces Legislation to Help Stop Rate Increases on Subsidized Stafford Student Loans

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Congressman Joe Courtney today introduced legislation, H.R. 3826, to ensure that interest rates on certain student loans do not dramatically increase this year," LoanSafe.org reports. "In 2007,...

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Five Shifts Among College Freshmen: For One, They're More Studious

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"College freshmen report more behaviors and attitudes that predict academic success than they did in recent years, according to a new national survey by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)...

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Unemployed Grads Upset With Sallie Mae’s Late Payment Fees

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"More than 50,000 people have signed a petition on the online advocacy platform Change.org calling for education financer Sallie Mae to stop charging fees for late student loan payments, Change.org...

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Do Pell Grants 'Cause' Tuition Inflation?

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

Jan. 26, 2012 - Higher education and economics expert David Feldman writes in the College of William & Mary's "Why Does College Cost So Much?" blog about his presentation at NASFAA's forum on...

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College Grad Rates Are 'Bad Data'

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"The collegiate graduation rate may well be the most poorly constructed and misunderstood statistic in all of higher education," the Washington Post reports. "The metric became fashionable in the...

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01-26: Gainful Employment Webinar #5 – Errors and Data Corrections in Gainful Employment Reporting on Jan. 11

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

The Department of Education has made available Gainful Employment Webinar #5 Errors and Data Corrections in Gainful Employment Reporting on January 11, 2012 in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

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Why I Chose Online Education: Meredith Hart

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

This student earned her online M.B.A. from Walden University as she worked long hours at an ad agency.

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