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UEC top students get recognition Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:55AMThe government has awarded sholarships to 50 Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) top students on Merdeka Day to highlight the spirit of 1-Malaysia.
Thomson Ambulance Association Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:18PMYour Thomson Fire Protection District is made up of an EMS Association and a Fire Association and is funded by your tax dollars, insurance billing, donations, fundraisers and grants.
What the New Student Loan Regulations Mean to Students Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:01AMFreedom Debt Relief summary shows 8 ways students can save on education debt
7 Strategies to Avoid the Student-Debt Trap Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:12PMThere are ways to pay for college without relying too heavily on loans.
Federal Financial Aid Reform to Help New York Students Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:08PMBINGHAMTON-- As college students head to class for the new school year, financial aid is one of the biggest things on their minds. This year, for the first time, students and their families are taking advantage of new legislation to make college more affordable and accessible.
How Now, Joe Brown (Aug. 29) Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:01AMReading national newspapers I’ve learned many, many college graduates are coming out of both private and public universities with more than $100,000 in student loan debt and no job prospects.
Low interest rate college loans available Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:54PMAs students prepare for the start of classes at state universities, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced recently that the state has a pool of funds to loan through the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority (CHESLA) at low interest rates.
U.S. selects firm to take over EdFund Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:25AMThe U.S. Department of Education has tapped a Minnesota firm to take over California's student-loan guaranty business at the end of October, federal officials said Friday.
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Planning ahead can ease dreaded student loan repayment process Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:15PMBy: Weston Poor There are many ways to pay for college: scholarships, trust funds, private loans, medical testing, etc. But the most popular, by far, is federal student loans. ...
Financial aid process causes setback Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:53PMSeveral components of the Health Care Bill are beginning to show up. One of them, which was passed as an expedited budget has to do with financial aid on college campuses. Now Uncle Sam is the sole source for aid.
KSFY Action News: Breaking News, Weather and Community |Augie students weigh in as loan debt eclipses credit card debt Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:43PMThe amount consumers owed on their credit cards has dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years, but as cardholders pay off balances in this uncertain economy, another milestone is emerging. Student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt for the first time in history.
Rohit Chopra: Should College Students Be Borrowing More? Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:08PMWhile we have a long way to go to fix higher education finance, students today need to spend better and borrow smarter.
Museums-East Bay Through September 5 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:44PMAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND The Oakland Public Library's museum is designed to discover, preserve, interpret and share the cultural and historical experiences of African Americans in California and the West. In addition, a three-panel mural is on permanent display.
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Announces Low-Cost College Loans for Fall Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:21AMBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Families in need of financing for the upcoming fall semester can still apply for college loans through MEFA, which is offering a 6.89% fixed interest rate loan to Massachusetts families and students.
Corroon proposes new Utah graduation requirements Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:43AMSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah students would take fewer electives and another year of math before being allowed to graduate under a proposal by the Democratic candidate for governor that's geared toward directing more students to college.
Grads to law schools: We object Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 7:00AMLaw schools, once viewed as a guaranteed path to a high-paying career, are coming under fire as disillusioned graduates find a tighter job market than they say they were led to expect.
State offers low-interest college loans Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:46PMAs students prepare for the start of classes at state universities, Gov. M. Jodi Rell this week announced the state has a pool of funds to loan through the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority (CHESLA) at low interest rates.
San Francisco Flex Academy to Open Downtown This Fall Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:52PMNew Public Charter School Now Accepting Enrollments for Students in Grades 9-12 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Francisco Flex Academy (SF FLEX), an exciting new public charter high school and one of the state's first full-time "hybrid" schools, will open this fall in downtown San Francisco. SF Flex is currently accepting enrollments for students in grades 9-12 and is ...
Titus, Hinojosa discuss the nation’s education Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:22PMNevada representative talks of hope for Millennium Scholarship Two congressional representatives traveled to UNLV to provide the educational community with a progress report on the state of education and labor across the country. Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus and Texas Congressman Ruben Hinojosa met at the UNLV Student Union on Aug. 3 to field questions on [...]
Can higher education get you hired? Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 12:08PMIs higher education worth the sticker price? Elite private education can cost $200,000, and that doesn’t even include trips or dining out. Meanwhile affordable public universities are raising tuition and increasing class sizes while they confront budget cuts.
San Francisco Flex Academy to Open Downtown This Fall Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 10:03AMNew Public Charter School Now Accepting Enrollments for Students in Grades 9-12
What's on Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 9:23AMMusic - There is live music at More Crumbs from 1 to 3 p.m. at 11916 - 207 St. It's Bill and Velma Bjerkness on June 13, the Robinnaires on June 20 and Paul Surridge on June 27.
8 Rules for Maximizing Merit Aid Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 5:36AMApply to schools where you’re at the top; ask about renewal terms.
Artist's evolution Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 2:07AMBecause “Equinox” is the latest and the pièce de résistance by renowned sculptor Anthony Krauss, a Woodstock resident since the early 1970s, his latest and most-coveted piece seemed an appropriate way to start.-Why? Because it’s the pinnacle representing decades of Krauss’ transitional sculptural stages along an artistic journey that has led him to this point in time.
Business and agriculture briefs Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:33PMBethel among three Kansas schools honoredNORTH NEWTON - For a third straight year, Bethel College is ...
Citizens Bank, Dort Federal Credit Union offer new student loan products Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 10:13PMStudents who can’t finance their college education through federal loans, savings and other means now have a few more private loan options.
Finally a pen to write, not sell - Habra boy’s journey from train hawker to medical student Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 4:52PMThe first time Subodh Biswas took out his pen to jot down a note in his medical college classroom, his mind wandered to a train compartment where he once sold pens for a living.
Grading Tuition Insurance Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 4:51PMFor just a few hundred dollars, you can buy a policy that will reimburse your tuition and on-campus housing costs if your child has to withdraw for medical reasons. But the likelihood that you actually will need it is pretty slim.
On Ther Money: EdFund Bonuses Denied Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:18PMEdFund is back in the news tonight. Company executives were shot down in their efforts to collect a total of $437,000 in bonuses – with $222,000 in extra compensation denied today by the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.
Paid by Big Firms, Young Lawyers Turn to Public Service Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:28PMMany recent graduates who had expected to work at big law firms are reconsidering their career options.
MEXIDATA . INFO Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:45PMWhenever I complete a talk on Mexico’s struggle with drugs and thugs, the first audience question is invariably: How can the United States thwart the cartel-related bloodshed that has erased almost 23,000 Mexican lives since Felipe Calderón swore the presidential oath on December 1, 2006?
Personal Finance: Educated but broke Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:17AMI hate it when people say a student loan is good debt. There is no such thing as good debt. There is only debt. With that in mind, of course I side with the growing number of experts who are boldly arguing that racking up a lot of debt for college isn't such a great investment after all. Personal Finance - Home - Money Management - Business - Finance
Who Should Pay When Education Doesn't Pay Off? Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:29AMColumnist Rob Cornelius says the bigger problems may well be that there are too many colleges with too many students ill-prepared for college and saddled with debt that will haunt them for decades.
Despite recession, building boom in Emory Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:40PMMore than 100 Emory & Henry College students are moving into new digs this week – a brand new $5.5 million dormitory that is the first of several new structures planned for the campus.
The 10 most innovative business school classes Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:45AMInvestment banking is so 1999. Try reconstructing war-torn economies and finding solutions to abject poverty.
The 10 most innovative business school classes Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 9:42AMDoes the world need more investment bankers? In the aftermath of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, more business schools are overhauling their curricula to appeal to a different kind of student -- one who increasingly looks to do good while also doing well.
Regent Appoints For-Profit Education Industry Veteran as SVP for Strategy and Corporate Development Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 2:01AMLori Shaffer brings a broad and in-depth array of talent and expertise to her new role, along with the desire to deliver ‘relevant, useful, efficient and powerful’ financial aid solutions to the higher education industry.
Museums-East Bay Through August 29 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 3:29PMAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND The Oakland Public Library's museum is designed to discover, preserve, interpret and share the cultural and historical experiences of African Americans in California and the West. In addition, a three-panel mural is on permanent display.
NU to offer more scholarships to Evanston grads Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:46AMNorthwestern University officials said Tuesday that the university will offer significantly increased financial aid to first-year students who graduate from high schools in Evanston and Chicago, including eliminating loans and required work-study jobs and providing more scholarship funds.
NU to offer more aid to freshmen from Evanston, Chicago Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:37AMNorthwestern University said today it will offer significantly increased financial aid to incoming freshmen who graduate from high schools in Evanston and Chicago , including eliminating loans and required work-study jobs and providing more scholarship funds. As a result, many students from those communities who need financial assistance--estimated to be 100 in the first year and as many as 200 ...
Randy Proto: Gainful Employment? Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 9:40AMThe U.S. Department of Education is trying to give students that clearer picture and protection from making what it deems could be wrong choices with its new regulation called "Gainful Employment."
For-profit schools say loan data doesn't tell whole story Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:23PMFor-profit college stocks fell after the U.S. Department of Education released data that said fewer than 36 percent of the colleges' students repaid federal loans, compared with 54 percent at public universities.
For-profit higher-education providers resist regulatory action Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe Washington Post Co. and other for-profit providers of higher education pushed back Monday against a government report last week that found many of their former students are not on track to repay their loans. Education - Colleges and Universities - Educators - Organizations - Education Reform
For-profit higher-education providers resist regulatory action Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe Washington Post Co. and other for-profit providers of higher education pushed back Monday against a government report last week that found many of their former students are not on track to repay their loans. Washington Post - Education - United States - Government - For-profit school
Business briefs: Arlington's L-3 Link wins contract for Army simulators Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 9:53PMAlso, aid to for-profit colleges is imperiled.
Education Management payback rate tops threshold Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:51PMThirteen college campuses operated by Education Management Corp. have student loan repayment rates below a proposed Department of Education threshold of 35 percent, new government figures show.
For-profit colleges slammed by student loan repayment data Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:42PMInvestors react to a Department of Education report that shows nearly two-thirds of the schools' students aren't repaying their federal loans. Stock prices of for-profit colleges plummeted and calls for stronger government regulations mounted as investors and consumer advocate groups alike reacted Monday to an Education Department report that showed nearly two-thirds of the schools' students ...
The Loan Without the Regret Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:09PMFor students who must borrow, federal reform and a brightening economy are silver linings.
Most U.S. Stocks Rise as Technology Offsets Economic Concern Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:01PMMost U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ending a four-day slump, as technology companies helped the market overcome an earlier slide driven by concern about an economic slowdown.