The Higher Ed Watch blog has a short discussion/analysis of the newly released Department of Education Final Regulations, which address the new Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. I’m still learning about this program myself, but from what I gather, the program does not make it clear up front who will be eligible for the loan [...]
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Are You Eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program? Who Knows?!?
Posted in Commentary, News, Policy, tagged Department of Education, Higher Ed Watch, loan forgiveness, News, Policy, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, student loans on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Too Stupid For College?
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged Chronicle of Higher Education, college choice, drop-outs, high school, Salon, student loans on November 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over at Salon.com (see Diploma with a Side of Fries), Amy Benfer rightly decries an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which argues that because of the high cost of 4-year colleges, parents whose children are in the bottom half of their high school classes should think twice about sending them off to get [...]
Next President Likely to Face College Funding Challenges
Posted in Commentary, Policy, tagged election, Higher Ed Watch, McCain, Obama, Pell Grants, Policy, student loans on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By the end of the night (hopefully), we’ll know whether our next president is going to be Barack Obama or John McCain. No matter who wins, the next President is going to face several challenges in making sure that college is affordable for everyone. The Higher Ed Watch blog lists the federal budget deficit, the [...]
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