Tag: Financial Aid: Page 65

Students

When I Grow Up, I Want to … Pay Off Student Loans

Sharde Jennings dreams of being a lawyer, but the $65,000 in student loans she acquired to complete her bachelor’s degree has her contemplating teaching or any job that has a loan-forgiveness program.

April 29, 2008

Community Colleges

Higher ED Leaders in California Protest Budget Cuts

The leaders of the California Community College, the California State University and the University of California systems have come together to petition policymakers in the state capitol to resist deep budgets cuts for public higher education.

April 29, 2008

Students

Congress Acts to Boost Student Lending

The House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring that students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.

April 17, 2008

Students

Industry Experts Urge College Boards to Exert More Oversight

With so many campus controversies of late, from the alleged misappropriation of college funds by some leaders to the alleged kickbacks from student loan providers to some financial aid officials, the role of board of trustee members comes into question.

April 16, 2008

Home

More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says

Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education.

April 15, 2008

Home

More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says

Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education.

April 9, 2008

Home

House Committee Approves Bill To Shore Up Student Loans

The House Education Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the Department of Education to buy federally guaranteed student loans from private lenders unable to sell them.

April 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Thinking About Their Future in a Different Way

Roosevelt University partners with a local high school and promises its students full financial support if admitted.

April 2, 2008

Students

DePaul Bridge Program Allows Adult-learners To Transition from Chicago City Colleges

Like many community college students, Diane Bonner, 61, works full time and has a family. So when she took an extended break from school to take care of family issues, she received a phone call.

March 26, 2008

Students

Private Colleges and Universities Prepare for Reductions in Borrower Benefits

In the midst of a national credit crisis, a number of private colleges and universities have reported reductions in student loan availability and borrower benefits, according to data collected by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

March 25, 2008

Students

New Study Looks at Retention in Community Colleges

Community colleges must create an environment that is nurturing, friendly and easy to navigate to retain a greater percentage of their students, according to the Survey of Entering Student Engagement.

March 23, 2008

Students

Congressional Leaders Urge Federal Reserve to Intervene in ‘Student Loan Crisis’

As three more large student-loan providers pull out of the government-subsidized loan program, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators is urging the Department of Education to institute three critical “safety nets” to ensure “all federal loans remain accessible to all eligible students.”

March 20, 2008