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Opinion: Is Now the Right Time to Convert to an All Direct Loan Program? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

By Shervin | Published: March 11, 2010
"On one hand, the president is telling all young people that they should complete at least a year of college, but on the other, the interest rates charged to students and parents in the DL program are well above current market rates," writes Diane Auer Jones, president of Washington Campus, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. "The conversion to the DL program is yet another effort to collect money from one group (the students and parents who will pay the government very high interest rates in the DL program) to redistribute it to another (Pell recipients)."
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City college demonstrators demand education funding | The Guardsman

By Shervin | Published: March 10, 2010
Abel Mejia, a City College political science student and member of Students United for Power, stressed the need for community college students to embrace the fight for education . “With the recent wave of occupations at the UCs, ...
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City college demonstrators demand education funding | The Guardsman

By anthony | Published: March 10, 2010
Abel Mejia, a City College political science student and member of Students United for Power, stressed the need for community college students to embrace the fight for education . “With the recent wave of occupations at the UCs, ...
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The College Search: Federal Need-Based Aid – 6abc.com

By admin | Published: March 10, 2010
WISH The College Search: Federal Need-Based Aid 6abc.com The federal government offers an array of grants and low-interest loans to help with college expenses. March 11, 2010 (WPVI) -- Need-based aid comes from ... 5 top mistakes when paying for college Bankrate.com College -Bound Students Get The Message During NY's Financial Aid Awareness Month ReadMedia (press release) Financial aid deadline just hours away WISH NewsTalk 1010 WCSI
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Feds: Calif. Man Ran Student Visa Fraud Ring

By admin | Published: March 10, 2010
Eamonn Higgins has never earned a college degree in his own name, but prosecutors allege that for the past seven years the 46-year-old has been going to school non-stop for dozens of other students.
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Response to "California Man Took College Exams for Middle Eastern Students" – NewsBlaze

By admin | Published: March 9, 2010
Washington Post Response to "California Man Took College Exams for Middle Eastern Students" NewsBlaze I have attached a news report concerning an aspect of immigration fraud that was reported on this morning on Fox and Friends. ... Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation Los Angeles Times Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security The Associated Press California Man Took College Exams for Middle Eastern Students, ICE Officials Say FOXNews BorderFire Report
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Virginia College Students Fight State’s Attorney General – U.S. News & World Report (blog)

By anthony | Published: March 9, 2010
Washington Post Virginia College Students Fight State's Attorney General U.S. News & World Report (blog) "But that doesn't mean that a governor can't say to his managers, 'I will not tolerate discrimination in this administration.' " Searching for a college ? ... Gay Rights Issue Rocks Virginia College Campuses NBC Washington Cuccinelli's Gay Rights Stance Angers Virginia Students Huffington Post (blog) Cuccinelli sparks a political firestorm Fairfaxtimes.com Washington Post
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Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation – Los Angeles Times

By admin | Published: March 9, 2010
Washington Post Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation Los Angeles Times A search of Eamonn Daniel Higgins' home turned up 60 fake driver's licenses, graded college exams and a check from a foreign student made payable to cash, ... California Man Took College Exams for Middle Eastern Students, ICE Officials Say FOXNews Feds: Calif. man ran student visa fraud ring The Associated Press California: Man Charged in Student Visa Fraud New York Times GlobalVisas
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RR Donnelley Awarded $375 Million Multiyear Agreement by Cengage …

By Shervin | Published: March 9, 2010
Direct Textbook Gives College Students and Parents Six Tips for Getting the ...PR Web (press release)The company has helped more than one million parents and students get more for their used books with its college textbook buyback price ...
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Student Government Pays for Rally to Kill Student Government

By anthony | Published: March 9, 2010
A student organization at the University of Nevada at Reno, UNR Students for Liberty, held a rally Monday to call for the abolition of student government. With balloons, ponies and pizza, the rally cost about $3,000. KOLO-TV News reported that the group got that money from ... the student government.
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