Category: GPA News

Education translates to higher earnings and better health, but on your way there does it matter who your friends are? In yet another poster session at the demographers conference , we came across a study that aims to figure out if kids’ friends …
source:http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/05/01/new-college-essay-thank-you-for-being-a-friend/

Salem, N.H. – Kaileen Crane was hardly interested in the hefty price tag that comes with the traditional college experience. So she’s paying $10,000 a year for the Advantage Program offered by Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), a private …
source:http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0427/p02s01-usgn.html

(ARA) – Even as the class of 2009 enjoys the milestones of their senior year, many are already well into their preparations for college. Scholarships are an important way for some students to help fund a college education, though identifying …
source:http://www.crestonnewsadvertiser.com/articles/ara/2009/04/24/8038440101/index.xml

Grant and Alisa Southwell did exactly what they were supposed to do. Before their first child, daughter Caitlyn, was born, they started saving for their children’s college education. Now, with Caitlyn a junior at Oklahoma State University and son …
source:http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090426/BIZ/904260307

CRYSTAL LAKE – A Crystal Lake student is hoping to win a video contest to help pay for her college education. Kelly Poling, 19, a 2008 graduate of Crystal Lake South High School, is studying political science and sociology at Elmhurst College. Her …
source:http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/04/22/r_msrcj0tztqmdnpytihrifq/index.xml

Buried in the news about President Obama and his wife, Michelle, earning more than $2.7 million last year was the disclosure of a rather important investment — and possible loss — in a nest egg that many view as just as important as savings for a …
source:http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=7392258&page=1

CREWE’S South Cheshire College is supporting a series of events to promote higher education opportunities for students. The college is hosting an open evening on Monday April 27 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm to publicise the range of foundation degrees it …
source:http://www.creweguardian.co.uk/news/4310244.Careers_Advice_At_Crewe_College/

Teachers at Lambeth’s biggest education institution are to strike on Monday over what they call an “unbearable” workload. UCU union members at Lambeth College will be joined by students on a march at 12.30pm from the Brixton College to Lambeth …
source:http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/4310439.Lambeth_College_teachers_to_strike/

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden pledged Friday to close gaps between family incomes and college costs to make higher education a reality for more Americans. Biden told a town hall-style meeting in St. Louis that he’ll ask the Treasury …
source:http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2009/04/18/politics_and_elections/news/257news51biden.txt

Limestone College in Gaffney will honor eight alumni at a luncheon today on campus. Receiving the 2009 Outstanding Alumna of the year award will be Nancy Caldwell Carlisle, class of ’52. Honorees and their areas of contribution also include Pamela …
source:http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090418/ARTICLES/904181025/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Area-briefs-Limestone-College-to-honor-alumni-at-luncheon

WILKES-BARRE — State Reps. Phyllis Mundy and John Yudichak said Friday they oppose Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to allow taverns and restaurants to feature video poker machines to help fund college education. “It makes no sense to me to have …
source:http://www.citizensvoice.com/articles/2009/04/18/lifestyles/wb_voice.20090418.t.pg5.cv18cdbreakfast_s1.2456952_fea1.txt

RESTON, Va.—Despite the credit freeze, college students last year used credit cards more than ever before, including charging tuition and other direct education expenses, according to a new study from Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading saving- and …
source:http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=92447