Students get creative to finish their college education – Times Herald-Record

From building sheds to selling jewelry, Hudson Valley college students this winter break faced more work than play to pay off those bills. Payment for spring semester classes at SUNY schools were due Jan. 4, and the reminders looked more like …
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Gov. Perdue: Leaders must cooperate to improve quality of NC education … – WTKR

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says education, business and religious leaders must all work together to improve North Carolina’s high school graduation rate and prepare students for college or a career. Perdue laid out her education …
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U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid Office to Work With … – YAHOO!

CollegeWeekLive events cover a wide range of admissions topics, from how to prepare for standardized tests to how to write a college application essay to how to pay for college. It is the largest college preparation event in the U.S. and a free …
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ND Higher Education Board OKs college room, board price guides – INFORUM

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education has approved guidelines for campuses to use to set student room and board prices for the next school year. The rules say North Dakota’s colleges first have to include 5 percent minimum average …
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For-Profit Colleges See More Loan Defaults – WSB-TV Atlanta

More than one in five borrowers of federal student loans who attend for-profit colleges default within three years of repayment, new figures made available by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday show. Historically, the government has reported such figures in terms of how many students default
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Agency $30 million behind on college building plan – Jefferson City News Tribune Online

Missouri’s student loan agency now is more than $30 million behind schedule on its payments to a college construction program. A 2007 state law directs the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to pay $5 million quarterly toward the building plan …
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