If you are a woman looking for scholarships, you’re in luck. Scholarships for women are one of the more common scholarships by type out there, with more and more organizations and women’s groups out there looking to expand opportunities for females in higher education. [...]
USA Funds, the nation’s leading education loan guarantor, has announced the award of $500,000 to five national scholarship organizations that promote access to higher education for minority students. [...]
The Siemens Foundation announced the winners of the 2010 Siemens Teacher Scholarship in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. [...]
If you are applying for a scholarship these days – it pays to clean up your FaceBook profile and your “home page”. In a sweeping research effort conducted by CareerBuilders, a total of 2,600 hiring managers were interviewed to gage their interest and usage of social media web sites like FaceBook. [...]
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Colleges, unlike leopards, can change their spots (or in this case their default rates), a study released today argues. The report by Education Sector, “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates,” is largely a historical look at how a consortium of historically black colleges and universities, [...]
The State University of New York (and by extension other state university systems) should not assume the large increases in out-of-state tuition rates will yield more money, warns a report issued Monday by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (a research organization affiliated with SUNY). [...]
Choosing a college or university can be daunting. By now you have realized there are a lot of colleges out there. In fact, there are more than 3,000 colleges and universities across the United States [...]
Taking a page from President Obama’s recent criticism of Wall Street bankers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan sharpened his rhetoric about the student loan industry in urging Congress to pass an overhaul of federal student aid programs during a telephone news conference with reporters Tuesday. [...]
A committee studying enrollment strategy at the University of Texas at Austin has recommended that undergraduates be required to finish their degrees in 10 semesters, the Associated Press reported. [...]