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Tim’s Tips: Senate Stalemate on Student Loan Interest Rate
Senate Stalemate on Student Loan Interest Rate Inside Higher Education June 7, 2013 WASHINGTON — Two dueling bills to avert an increase in the interest rate for new, subsidized federal student loans July 1 both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, illustrating the divide between the parties on how best to avoid the [...]
Tim’s Tips: U.S. Senate Rejects Dueling Bills on Student-Loan Interest Rates
June 6, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education U.S. Senate Rejects Dueling Bills on Student-Loan Interest Rates By Cory Weinberg Washington Two bills designed to hold down student-loan interest rates both failed on votes in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, splitting Republicans and Democrats again as the deadline nears to keep key rates from doubling…. [...]
Tim’s Tips: Risk of Student-Aid Fraud Is on the Rise, Education Dept.’s Inspector General Says
June 6, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Risk of Student-Aid Fraud Is on the Rise, Education Dept.’s Inspector General Says By Kelly Field Washington The number of student-aid recipients potentially defrauding the federal government increased by 82 percent from 2009 to 2012, to more than 34,000 students, according to a risk analysis released on [...]
Tim’s Tips: Study Sees Impact of Coach-Style College Counseling
Study Sees Impact of Coach-Style College Counseling Inside Higher Education June 6, 2013 Using a coaching-style of college counseling — in which the advisors work intensely with high school students to help them navigate the application process — can result in more students opting for four-year colleges rather than two-year colleges, a new study in [...]
Tim’s Tips: Tipping the Cap
Tipping the Cap Inside Higher Education June 6, 2013 By Kevin Kiley The new reward for high-achieving Colorado high school students is that they get to go to college twice. At least on paper, that is. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law Wednesday a bill that creates a new class of merit scholarship for [...]
Tim’s Tips: The Federal Parent Rip-Off Loan
June 3, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education The Federal Parent Rip-Off Loan By Kevin Carey If your business depends on poor people with bad credit borrowing money at high interest rates in order to pay you, what kind of business are you really in? That question is at the heart of a growing controversy [...]
Tim’s Tips: Minn. Program Will Offer a Tuition Break Based on Scores on a Standardized Test
June 5, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Minn. Program Will Offer a Tuition Break Based on Scores on a Standardized Test By Dan Berrett Students at a Minnesota college will be able to get their junior-year tuition at a partner university reduced for scoring well on a standardized test of critical thinking, as part [...]
Tim’s Tips: Iowa Bill Bars Use of Resident Tuition Funds for Financial Aid
Iowa Bill Bars Use of Resident Tuition Funds for Financial Aid June 3, 2013, 4:59 am The Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Kelderman Iowa state legislators have passed a bill that would prohibit the state’s three public universities from using resident tuition for student financial aid. Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican, is expected to [...]
Tim’s Tips: Loans Back in the Spotlight
Loans Back in the Spotlight Jun 03, 2013 Inside Higher Education By Libby A. Nelson WASHINGTON — When President Obama made a speech from the Rose Garden on Friday about student loans, it seemed like history was repeating itself. The same thing happened at this time last year: with weeks to go before a scheduled [...]
Tim’s Tips: Obama To Hold Student Loan Event
Obama To Hold Student Loan Event Inside Higher Education May 30, 2013 WASHINGTON — With one month remaining until the interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, President Obama will gather students today at the White House to call on Congress to act to prevent the [...]
