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Defaults on student loans rising
Every year, tens of thousands of college students and graduates stop making payments on their student loans. For more than a decade, that loan-default rate was in decline because the federal government toughened penalties for schools with high shares of defaults.
Read more News Source - 12 News Phoenix
Publish date - 15:09:31 03/07/10

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FDL Launches 'Students, Not Banks' Campaign
by Jane Hamsher Today, FDL launches its Students Not Banks campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation. One of President Obama’s most ambitious plans for both education and the budget was the transition from a system of government subsidized student loans using bankers as middle men to direct ...
Read more News Source - CommonDreams.org
Publish date - 16:08:44 03/09/10

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Paying for an education may be a better investment
Q. My son has been working for several years since graduating from college and he is currently waiting on responses from several graduate programs. Should he invest his 2009 bonus check in a Roth IRA or set it aside to...
Read more News Source - The Star-Ledger
Publish date - 13:13:09 03/10/10

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Leading article: The case for a rise in tuition fees
Students and their parents, as well as the parents of those children who are likely to go to university in the future, are likely to take a dim view of the proposal yesterday by the Association of Graduate Recruiters for the cap on student top-up fees to be phased out. Fees are currently limited to £3,200 a year but an independent government review, led by the former BP head Lord Browne, which ...
Read more News Source - Independent
Publish date - 00:56:22 03/09/10

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Defaults on student loans rising
Advocates cite tuition, loose lending, low wages.
Read more News Source - The Arizona Republic
Publish date - 22:10:13 03/08/10

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Curious How Students Can Pay For College
In this decade, finding the right college and getting accepted is only half the battle – Then you have to figure out how to pay sky-high tuition bills
Read more News Source - WBZ Boston
Publish date - 04:36:12 03/11/10

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Jane Hamsher: FDL Launches "Students, Not Banks" Campaign
Student lending reform could have passed the Senate long ago, but because it had to wait on health care, the lobbyists have had plenty of time to chip away at the Senate. But colleges across the country can't wait another year for relief.
Read more News Source - The Huffington Post
Publish date - 17:59:18 03/09/10

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Bill addresses college readiness, need
There is a disconnect in our education system. Other countries are steadily pulling further ahead of us in terms of having an educated population. By the year 2025, it's estimated that 50 percent of all jobs in this country will require a college degree.
Read more News Source - Anchorage Daily News
Publish date - 03:19:48 03/11/10

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Paying for college: 5 top mistakes
Paying for college is a problem that can keep parents awake at night. Here's what NOT to do.
Read more News Source - Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 12:48:04 03/10/10

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CU regents indicate they'll OK 9 percent tuition hike, set March 29 vote
Left to right, University of Colorado Regents Kyle Hybl, Joe Neguse and Tilman Bishop listen during a meeting in Denver on Wednesday. ...Photo by Marty Caivano/Camera/March 10, 2010 (MARTY CAIVANO)
Read more News Source - Colorado Daily
Publish date - 02:11:49 03/11/10

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Local scholarships more than $190,000
Local scholarships generate over $190,000 in funding to area students. School officials said that total doesn't include individual scholarships achieved by the students in such areas as music, athletics and academics that likely would bring the total to over $350,000.
Read more News Source - The Harlan Tribune
Publish date - 22:15:31 03/10/10

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Lovely Gentry visits family in Haiti and returns to the U.S. just days before devastating earthquake
After graduating from Central Christian College of the Bible, Lovely wants to return to Haiti and help the kids where they are. She wants her education so she can teach and run a home for orphans (she was one), in her home country.
Read more News Source - Moberly Monitor-Index
Publish date - 23:12:19 03/10/10

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CU regents indicate they'll OK 9 percent tuition hike, set March 29 vote
The University of Colorado's regents today signaled they reluctantly will raise tuition by 9 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for new out-of-state students, but postponed a formal vote until later this month.
Read more News Source - Boulder Daily Camera
Publish date - 20:29:54 03/10/10

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Paying for college: 5 top mistakes
Paying for college is a problem that can keep parents awake at night, given the spiraling cost of tuition, dwindling stock market returns and stagnant home values . It's no small task, and like any major expense, there are right and wrong ways to do it.
Read more News Source - Bankrate.com
Publish date - 11:42:10 03/10/10

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Buried Alive: UMass students struggle with more debt than ever
Students continue to struggle with rising debt. A new plan from the Obama administration could offer relief to student borrowers but this proposal faces stiff opposition from banking lobbies.
Read more News Source - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Publish date - 07:47:58 03/09/10

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