Tuesday 31 January 2012

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Michigan: Obama's Student-Aid Plan May Not Spark Game-Changing Reform Here, Initial Review Suggests

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Reaction was decidedly mixed among Minnesota higher-education officials to news that President Barack Obama wants to overhaul the student-aid system to tie colleges' federal financial-aid...

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01-30: Operational Implementation Guidance – Implementation of 2012-13 Federal Pell Grant Payment and Disbursement Schedules

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

The maximum Pell Grant award for the 2012-13 Award Year is $5,550, the same as for the 2011-12 Award Year. Therefore, for the vast majority of Expected Family Contributions (EFC) there is no change...

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Opinion: Doubling The Interest Rates On Student Loans Could Actually Be A Good Thing

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Right now, the interest rate on federal student loans is 3.4%, but if lawmakers don't vote to extend the cap, it'll jump to 6.8% after this year," Mandi Woodruff writes for Business Insider. "That...

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Saving Pell

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

Jan. 25, 2012 -  "The time of unprecedented growth for the federal Pell Grant program couldn't have come at a worse time for Congress," NASFAA Communications Director Haley Chitty writes for...

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Wisconsin: As Costs Continue to Rise, Paying for College gets Tougher for Many Students

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Students are graduating each year with greater amounts of debt," The Wisconsin State Journal reports. "For public colleges, increasing costs to the student can be tied directly to decreases in state...

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Completing the FAFSA Form Just Got a Lot Easier

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Millions of American parents have wrestled with this federal financial aid form and many of them have made mistakes," CBS Money Watch reports. "Some of those errors have inadvertently cost lots of...

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Obama, Higher-Education Costs, and Student Aid

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Whatever else one might say about President Obama, he has good political instincts, so the heavy emphasis he is placing lately on college costs suggests this issue is breaking through the minimum...

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Hill Poll: Illegal Immigrants' Children Deserve Shot at Citizenship, Say Likely Voters

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Nearly half of registered voters say illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children should be offered a path to citizenship, and that rises to 73 percent for those who serve in the...

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In Wash., More Financial Aid, But Also More Need

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Despite signs that the state economy is improving, finding money to send children to college is still becoming more difficult," the Associated Press reports. "More students received financial aid...

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For-Profit College Executives Make Much More Than Their Higher Education Counterparts

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"For-profit colleges have been in the hot seat over the past two years, with the federal government and more than a dozen state attorneys general probing fraudulent recruiting tactics and high...

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