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Student group starts college planning Web site - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
CHICAGO - The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is starting a Web site to help high school students statewide better plan for college.
It offers planning for financial aid with...
Student loans soar by a third - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Students are borrowing record amounts to pay for their studies, new government figures published today reveal.
The total amount loaned to university students rose by 32.2% last year...
Student Loan/Consolidation Network Announces Good News from Congress - Saturday, August 02, 2008
StudentLoanCenter.biz, an online source of information and assistance for the student loan market, has good news for current and future students in need of financial help.
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Study: 50 percent borrow money for college - Friday, July 10, 2009
America's college students are borrowing more and taking on riskier forms of debt than ever before, according to an analysis released Thursday.
“Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student...
Schumer wants student loan market to be protected - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Sen. Charles Schumer says particular attention needs to be paid during the current financial upheaval to make sure the student loan market is protected from the credit crunch.
The New...
BSA: College Students Still Favor Pirating Software - Monday, November 24, 2008
What do college students want from Santa this year? Pirated software, according to the Business Software Alliance.
Of the 400 students interviewed by BSA earlier this month, 60 percent...
Edward Jones gives $18,000 to scholarship fund - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Edward Jones contributed $18,000 to the Missouri Colleges Fund.
The grant underwrites $1,125 scholarships at each of the fund’s 16 member schools.
The scholarships will be awarded...
Help is available for college students struggling to pay tuition - Friday, July 17, 2009
Maryland colleges are starting to send out fall tuition bills, and signs indicate that more families will struggle to pay.
Applications for federal student aid are up. More families...
CSU students could pay 20 percent more - Friday, July 17, 2009
California State University tuition may rise 20 percent this fall to help make up a $584 million reduction in state funding, Chancellor Charles Reed said Thursday.
If approved by CSU...
Yale's Endowment Drops 13.4% - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yale disclosed Tuesday that its endowment had fallen at least 13.4 percent in the four months since June as the decline in asset values during the financial crisis takes its toll on...
