May 2007 - Posts
For those who still feel connected to their colleges and would like to remain on campus in perpetuity, colleges are starting to build columbaria (memorial walls with recessed cavities for storage of ashes of those cremated). Nearly ten universities either
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services, acting on a recommendation in Bush’s budget blueprint for FY08, wants to eliminate federal matching funds it pays states for graduate level medical education. For more than forty years the government
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It took 10 people leaving and the threat of calling the graduation ceremony off, but Northwest High School’s s commencement was a quiet, formal and dignified ceremony. The superintendent of the Indianapolis Public School System warned parents and students
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James Wright, a former marine, who is now president of Dartmouth College, has visited injured veterans at Walter Reed and Bethesda nine times to encourage the vets to go back to school. Wright’s visits convinced him that in order to get a higher education,
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In its fourth annual national survey of upperclassmen, Citi Credit-ED found the majority view their parents as a reliable source of financial support and information. Additionally, they view their parents as positive financial role models. For example:
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On the CBS Morning News Show yesterday, there was an excellent and informative piece on Student Loan Payback Strategies with Ray Martin suggesting Do's And Don'ts. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/23/earlyshow/contributors/raymartin/main2840817.
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Much has been written lately about campus killings, suicides and overall mental health issues. This post aims to provide some background information and statistics to help everyone make sense of it. In America approximately 1,300 students on college and
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Typical scene on college campuses at this time of the year: the school year ends, it is time to leave campus and all of your stuff won’t fit into your car, so you just dump it, which is much easier than shipping or storage. As parents arrive to take their
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The USA isn’t the only country experiencing escalating college costs; it’s become a worldwide problem, with students having to borrow to pay for their educations. New Zealand, Australia and Britain are increasing the use of income-contingent loans, which
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Another well respected personal finance columnist is offering new graduates, with student loan debt, excellent advice on loan consolidation. ScholarPoint Connect recently commented on an article by Sandra Block of USA Today Michelle Singletary, in her
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As a relatively young recent grad, I read this article just to make sure I wasn’t making the same mistakes and I thought I might get a sense of my new “competition” in the work force, so to speak. Granted, most of these kids will grow up when they hit
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To recruit new students, colleges used to send glossy brochures, then they created huge websites with all kinds of information, and today they recruit current students to write blogs about their lives on campus. Some schools, like the Massachusetts Institute
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Remember when your local community college was a place to study hard and get good grades in order to gain acceptance into a four-year college or university? Today, graduates of four-year colleges and universities are enrolling in community colleges to
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What do L'Oreal USA, Teach for America and Hyatt Hotels have in common? They are listed as “Great Employers for New Grads” on CNNMoney.com. Almost 250 companies responded to a questionnaire from FORTUNE and Experience, Inc. last summer. They were queried
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Sandra Block, who writes the weekly column “Your Money” for USA Today recently wrote an interesting piece titled, “Your Money: Careful when consolidating student loans.” In the article, Block gives her readers three good reasons to consolidate their loans
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In the wake of cheating incidents at three dentistry schools, the American Dental Association, in June is sponsoring a symposium to find new ways for dental schools to teach ethics. The latest scandal involved almost half of the second year class at Indiana
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With the increase in the number of gradating seniors and the widespread use of social websites, selling tickets to graduation ceremonies (when the schools limit the number of tickets issued), is on the rise and becoming profitable. For example, one student
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John Pope of the New Orleans Times Picayune reports that fall enrollment in local colleges is substantially higher than it was last fall. “Instead of a three-year recovery, we feel we have done this in one year,” remarked Tulane University President Scott
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Many students overextend themselves with student loans to get into a top rated university. But what exactly makes a top rated university? Currently, the presidents of twelve liberal arts colleges are revolting against the ranking process of influential
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There have been several stories in the news lately focusing on the debt students incur after graduation. One of the main ‘downsides’ several of these articles note are that student loans, unlike credit card debt, can not be eliminated in a bankruptcy.
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Officials at Diablo Valley College fear that more than 400 grades could have been changed over a three-year time period. As many as 84 students paid up to $600 for grade changes. A 15-month investigation led college leaders to believe the grades were
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While most people are doing everything they can to try to reduce the amount they need to borrow for college, one busted criminal has been working hard at charging up student loan debt. According to an article published by the BBC News, a UK citizen created
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The Daily Southtown takes a negative stance on student loans in a recent article titled ‘ Are Student Loans Destroying Lives .” The article highlights those who are buried in student loan debt, unable to buy other necessary things to move ahead in life.
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The United States Air Force Academy will have eighteen fewer cadets thanks to a cheating scandal. Fifteen of the 18 were expelled, three resigned and 13 more cadets were put on probation for using the internet to cheat on a military knowledge test. In
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United States Representative, Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) held a hearing May 1 st titled, “Paying for College: Barriers and Solutions for Students and Families,” to explore how to make college more affordable. Hinojosa chairs the House Subcommittee on Higher
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Mike Causey, writing for the Washington Times, http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070501-010954-4054r.htm has a tip for those with staggering student loan: Get a government job. He reports that at least 34 federal agencies helped 5,755 employees pay
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