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The Strain To Pay For College - Washington Post
danielle price, 17, of lorton, is struggling to find a way to pay for college. her mother has asked her relatives to help. (family photo) with a 3.3 grade point average and a 1700 sat score, danielle price has done better than many of her classmates ...
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college Loans To Be Costlier, Harder To Get
bloomington, ind.: on a recent thursday evening, neal theobald, indiana university's vice chancellor for budget administration, received a sobering letter from sallie mae, the nation's leading source of student loans.
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Critical Report On Private college Loans Comes As Tuition Increases
iowa student loan liquidity corp. has used practices that caused some students and families to pay more in loans than necessary, attorney general tom miller said friday.the non-profit agency entrusted with providing affordable college loans favored increasing access to loans over finding the lowest-cost loans, with negative consequences for iowa families, he said."all of this must be seen in the ...
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Economic Crisis Hits Those Struggling To Afford College - Tacoma News Tribune
bloomington, ind. -- (editors: this is another in mcclatchy newspapers' series "fallout on main street," a journey into america to chronicle the effects of the financial crisis on people of all backgrounds.) bloomington, ind. - on a recent thursday ...
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College Costs Rise, But Incomes Stagnate - Asbury Park Press
back on this financially frightening period in his life and smile. but not yet. he's shy about smiling until he can afford a $3,000 implant to repair a broken front tooth. and he won't spend that kind of money on himself until his son, jake, is ...
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Federal Funds Like To Remain Available For College Students' Financial Aid
college students may have a harder time getting educational loans from private lenders in the next year or so, but federal loans will not be affected, according to financial aid officers at area colleges.
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College Grads Predict Having Hard Time In Today's Job Market
with the country losing about 760,000 jobs so far this year, it's especially bad news for recent or soon-to-be college graduates. experts say many graduates come out of school with more than $20,000 of debt in student loans.
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Worth The Investment? - Allentown Morning Call
kelly stevens is suffering from buyer's remorse. the 29-year-old from fargo, n.d., took out more than $60,000 in loans to pay for a bachelor's degree in fashion marketing from the illinois institute of art. she was convinced it would allow her to ...
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Strain To Pay For College - Washington Post
with a 3.3 grade point average and a 1700 sat score, danielle price has done better than many of her classmates. getting into college won't be a problem. paying for it will. "when i originally started to plan out the schools i wanted to go to, i didn ...
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Private Loans Get Tougher For College Students To Land
the national credit crunch is likely to squeeze local college students seeking private loans, officials say.
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Looking For People Having A Hard Time Getting Loans For College
has the tough loan market affected your ability to get financial aid for college? has the economic downturn affected where or to how many colleges you will apply?
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Business Letters - Los Angeles Times
while mr. shelbourn is coping with excessive credit card debt and medical expenses, he faces an enormous problem in coping with his student loans. simply put, too many students, who are obviously quite young and naive when they start college, fail to ...
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Thin Job Market Causes Local College Students To Rethink Their Plans - Nashua Telegraph
editor’s note: this is the first in an occasional series of stories on how the economy affects local people. nashua – in a perfect world, clint whelan would have no trouble landing a job after graduating in december with his business degree from ...
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Student Loans Hit By Economy
bloomington, ind. — on a recent thursday evening, neal theobald, indiana university's vice chancellor for budget administration, received a sobering letter from sallie mae, the nation's leading provider of student loans.
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College Isn't Always A Sound Investment
kelly stevens is suffering from buyer's remorse. but nearly a year after graduating, she is waiting tables at a comedy club. every week, she gets rejected from half a dozen marketing jobs. she can no longer make payments on some of her loans. she can barely scrape by.
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Planning Ahead Crucial - Asbury Park Press
alexis smutko has a plan to pay for her 3-year-old son's college education. "i anticipate that jack will be bright," she says — maybe bright enough to win a scholarship. "i'm planning on that," she says with a smile. "but quite honestly, i'm ...
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Colleges And Universities - Baltimore Sun
news, articles and information about higher education and preparing to apply to institutions of higher learning. other issues include college loans, grants, scholarships and the admissions process. show more » news, articles and information about ...
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Economic Downturn Forces Students To Rethink College
for charlie enright, a shaggy-haired high school student with a serious jones for history and literature, the ivy-draped northeastern liberal-arts college has long been the focus of his higher-education longings.
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Are college Loans Possible In Struggling Economy?
with a struggling economy many are wondering if college loans are still available for those who need financial aid.
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Plunge Alters College Funds, College Plans - Baltimore Sun
the recent plunge in stock prices has hit these so-called 529 plans, too. if your child is in grade school or younger, no problem. you have years for the stock market - and your account - to recover. but you might be in a tougher position if your ...
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