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Bill Would Allow 529 College Savings Plan Investors To Change Investments...
(Misfit Photographer) With less disposable income and difficulty meeting the ever rising cost of tuition, parents often have a tough time saving for their child’s future education. A law poised to make...
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Report: Nearly Half Of College Students Don’t Know How Much Their Tuition...
(bluwmongoose) Over the past year we’ve read a number of reports that shone a light on just how prevalent student loans are: nearly 40 million consumer have taken out at least one loan to pay for their...
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To Anyone Paying For College: Start Your Year Off By Filling Out Your FAFSA
FAFSA deadlines vary wildly from state to state and from school to school, so it just makes sense to get yours filled out right away.Among all the resolutions you should make for the new year — saving...
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White House Proposes Free Community College For Dedicated Students
(Coyoty)The cost of a college education has outpaced inflation for the last few decades, making school less affordable for millions of Americans and driving student loan debt past the $1 trillion mark....
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Proposed Scorecard Could Help Protect Students From Dangerous Banking Products
(Morgan) For the past several years, federal agencies, lawmakers and consumer advocates have shared their displeasure with the rather cozy relationship between the financial industry and higher...
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College Students Leaving $3B In Grant Money Unclaimed By Not Filing FAFSA
(Great Beyond)College students and financial supporters of college students: Remember when we told you at the end of the year that you needed to get your Free Application for Federal Student Aid in...
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Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Plans Cost Govt. Nearly $22B More Than Expected
(Xavier J. Peg ☠) Last spring, legislators and researchers began voicing concerns that federal student loan forgiveness plans could become a victim of their own success. This week, we learned just how...
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Report: Taking For-Profit Colleges Nonprofit Can Generate Hefty Profits For...
(tomQ) Earlier this year Education Credit Management Corporation bought 56 campuses from embattled for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges Inc. and took the schools to the nonprofit sector. While that...
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For-Profit College Enrollment Is Down Following Scandals & School Failures
With increasing scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators, consumer advocates and the general public, the past five years have been hard on a for-profit college industry that had enjoyed years of happily...
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Starbucks Expands Tuition Reimbursement Program To Cover Four Years Of Online...
(Michael Sauers) After more than 2,000 Starbucks workers headed to college through the company’s tuition reimbursement program with Arizona State University, the mega-coffee company announced it...
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DeVry Closing 14 Campuses, Moving Students Online
DeVry is shuttering 14 campuses in 11 states, and moving those students online.Amid lawsuits, scandals, shutdowns — not to mention the many former students who say they racked up huge student loan...
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Corinthian Colleges Completes Collapse, Closes Remaining Campuses Effective...
Although it was nearly a year in the making, the largest collapse in U.S. higher education finally occurred Sunday, as embattled for-profit education chain Corinthian Colleges Inc. – the operator of...
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Petition Calls For Loan Relief For Corinthian College Students
(thisisbossi) Ever since for-profit education chain Corinthian Colleges began its downward spiral last summer, consumer groups, students and legislators have urged the Department of Education to...
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Fiat Chrysler Offers Employees Chance For Free College Education At A...
(Ralph Krawczyk Jr) Providing the opportunity for employees to obtain a college degree is a worthy intention. Just as Starbucks announced in 2014 that it would finance the college dreams of workers...
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Billions In College Aid Will Go Unclaimed Again Because Students Won’t Fill...
(Xavier J. Peg)Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Way back in December, we advised high school seniors who planned on attending college to not be stupid and go fill out a Free Application for Federal...
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What Did Your Mom Teach You About Money?
(yoshiffles)When I was in first grade, the lunch lady at my school informed me that my parents had overpaid for my meals for the month, and sent the extra money home with me, as I remember it. I took...
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CFPB Wants To Hear Your Comments On Student Loan Servicing Practices
(Newton Free Library)Outstanding student loan debt now totals more than $1.2 trillion in the U.S., and it’s only going to grow as college tuitions continue to outpace inflation. Meanwhile, student loan...
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10 Things We Learned About The World’s Largest Diploma Mill
(rayovolks) Earning a diploma can take years, but some people simply don’t have the time. For that reason, companies have been cropping up year after year offering consumers the chance to obtain a...
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Senator Calls For Investigation Into Three For-Profit College Chains,...
(bluwmongoose) The struggle to protect students from potentially harmful for-profit college chains continued today as Illinois Senator Dick Durbin urged the Department of Education to investigate the...
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For-Profit Educator Ashworth College Settles FTC Charges It Misrepresented...
Ashworth College agreed to settle charges it misled students. Federal regulators’ crackdown on the for-profit education industry continued today as Georgia-based Ashworth College agreed to settle...
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