Monday, April 17, 2006

Bridging the dollar gap (Student Loan)


Bridging the dollar gap
To help pay for her college education, Thanh Phuong Nguyen, a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis, delivers sobering news about paying for college to applicants. On behalf of the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, she visits high schools to warn teenagers against expecting financial aid to cover all of their college costs. (In fact, only about half of students get any kind of grant

State tops U.S. in students denied aid after drug offense
More than 31,000 California college students forfeited their shot at federal financial aid because of a past drug conviction, newly released records show.

ISU students average $29,480 in debt
Iowa State students leave school with much higher debt than the average college student who owes $15,834. To pay it off 10 years at $339 a month a...

Sen. Durbin, Rep. Miller to Discuss New Legislation to Cut College Loan Interest Rates; News Teleconference Today at
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., will join Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage on a conference call with reporters today (April 13) at 2:30 p.m. EDT to discuss nationwide organizing efforts to make college more affordable and new legislation designed to cut interest rates in half on college loans.

Now's the time to look at new college-loan rules
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Recent changes to the rules governing college loans and savings plans mean some students and their parents should act now on financial aid, before loans get more expensive.

This Weekend On CBS2 Mornings And WCBSTV.Com
Here are just some of the features you won't want to miss on the CBS2 Morning Show and WCBSTV.Com this Saturday and Sunday.

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