Month: June 2010

Augustana College , Rock Island, Ill., announced the following students who earned bachelor’s degrees: Kyle Hinchley in biology, Alexander Mihavics in business marketing and Bonnie Koester in elementary education all …
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CHICAGO — Picking a 529 savings plan for your child’s college education may be about to get easier. Morningstar Inc. is unveiling new research tools designed to simplify the task of weeding out the plans that have …
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WASHINGTON: As the warm glow of college commencement ceremonies gives way to the cold reality of today’s job market, this year’s graduates and their anxious parents might be tempted to wonder whether it was worth it …
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Education took a big hit Thursday in Missouri’s latest round of budget cuts as Gov. Jay Nixon halved busing aid to public schools and significantly reduced college scholarships for the …
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Though all colleges that receive federal aid would be affected by the changes, the most controversial proposals are aimed at for-profit colleges, which have come under more scrutiny as their enrollments have increased. In …
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BOULDER, Colo. , June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — College Choices for Adults ( www.collegechoicesforadults.org ), an information-rich, online resource that helps adult learners make informed choices about Web-based, competency-based, and other distance education programs,  is pleased to announce …
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Missouri’s college loan authority has approved the use of $30 million for scholarships for the coming school year. Members of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority said their vote Friday was intended as a safeguard for students and an aid to families struggling to pay their tuition. The move …
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2010-06-11 22:56:54 – When Jinmao Xu, 21, arrived from China two years ago to be with family in Ventura, his dream was to obtain a college education. Thanks to Stephen J. Kipp and Kipp Financial Group in Ventura, Calif …
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BusinessWire – At the Career College Association (CCA) Conference, online reseller Journey Education Marketing, Inc. (Journey) issued an exciting value alert to college teachers about the new Adobe(R) Creative Suite(R) 5. Students, teachers, faculty, and staff get up to 80% off suggested retail …
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DENVER — Calling it a stopgap measure to save higher education, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill Wednesday giving Colorado colleges more flexibility to set tuition rates. He also signed a measure providing $35 million to help lower- and middle-income students with tuition. “Higher education has …
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Pennsylvania State University president Graham Spanier, one of the longest-tenured executives in higher education, has agreed to a three-year extension that will keep him in the job through 2015. Spanier, who heads a university …
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