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Student loans undergo more serious changes
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:04:59 -0700
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Every year on July 1, with summer in full swing and fall tuition payments on the horizon, interest rates on federal student loans reset. But this year, along with rate decreases on some loan types, came major changes to the way students will borrow money in the coming years.
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Education briefs
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01:31 -0700
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CHESTERTON Summer program: Duneland Montessori Academy, 109 W. Porter Ave., will offer activity classes for ages 4 to 8 next week. "Great Lakes Games," a fascinating way to learn about the five lakes, will run from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday. The cost is $60. For more information and to register, call Mrs. K. Ehn at 331-6635. Computer Help Clinic: Westchester Public Library's free ...
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So-Called "Digital Natives" Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:08 -0700
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"In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy. Having been born into a world where personal computers were not a revolution, but merely existed alongside air conditioning, microwaves and other appliances, there has been (a perhaps misguided) perception that the young are ...
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What have you done for us lately?
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:15:14 -0700
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Every May, after the tasseled hats have fallen to the ground and the graduation parties have died down, hundreds of thousands of new graduates enter the workforce. Or at least thats the plan.
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The Princeton Review Launches Online College Admissions & Financial Aid Courses
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0700
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Continuing to expand its position as a comprehensive provider of education services and products, The Princeton Review today announced the launch of its first series of admissions and financial aid courses.
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CIT Reports Second Quarter 2010 Net Income of $142 Million; $0.71 Per Diluted Share
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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:30:00 -0700
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NEW YORK----CIT Group Inc. , a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today reported net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 of $142.1 million, $0.71 per diluted share, up from $97.3 million and $0.49 per diluted share last quarter.
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Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty 2010 Winner Profiles
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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:31:41 -0700
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Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty 2010 Winner Profiles
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Chapel Hill approves $750 tuition increase
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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:33:05 -0700
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At an impromptu UNC -system Board of Governors meeting at 3 p.m. today in Chapel Hill, system schools announced their individual tuition hikes. UNC -Chapel Hill, N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts were the only system schools to go ahead with the maximum increase of $750 allowed by the 2010 appropriations budget signed into law June 30.
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Paying for college can be less painful with creative ideas
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:33:28 -0700
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About 19 million kids head to college next month, which is likely to have their parents in a mild panic about how to pay the bills. Even if you saved religiously from the time your child was a toddler, ...
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Lord Digby Jones calls for rethink on higher education
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Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:39:15 -0700
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A radical rethink of higher education is needed because graduates are leaving university with the wrong skills to get work, former trade minister Lord Digby Jones said today.
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