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Event to examine teaching with tech

February 4, 2012 by newswire

By VIMAL PATEL A year away from being a septuagenarian, Texas A&M professor Dennie Smith taps his iPad to manage his Facebook and Twitter accounts. So it was in the spirit of his embrace of technology that he used an educational grant to loan iPads to ...

Internet Campaign Prompts Sallie Mae to Change Fee Policy

February 3, 2012 by newswire

By Kayla Webley | @kaylawebley | February 3, 2012 | + Bowing to pressure from an online petition, lending giant Sallie Mae offered to change its fee policy for borrowers who have delayed payments on their student loans. Borrowers who enter into ...

No college tuition? Students propose alternative

February 3, 2012 by newswire

The president of the group, Chris LoCascio, told USA Today it would help both parties, relieving students of often crippling loans and providing public universities with a consistent source of income that frees them from the budget troubles of state ...

Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments

February 2, 2012 by newswire

By CANDICE CHOI, AP Personal Finance Writer AP source: Facebook IPO won't affect Newark pledge 02.02.12 Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.

Student proposal: Pay college tuition after graduation

February 2, 2012 by newswire

Policy experts - many of who said the Fix UC proposal is unlikely to gain traction because of the logistical barriers - said the plan resembles income-contingent loan repayment, an idea that has been around for some time for some US student loans and ...

Students Rally for Relief

February 2, 2012 by newswire

http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca http://www.facebook.com/ctvvi SAANICH -- Students up and down Vancouver Island and right across the country are rallying today. They are demanding the Government do something about rising student debt.

GOP rep wants to kill the 'death tax'

February 1, 2012 by newswire

Bill to stop July's federal student loan rate increase proposed Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, introduced a bill to keep the interest rate for federally subsidized student loans at the current rate of 3.4%, a level that will double on July 1 if no action ...

Cost Looms Large for Obama's Student Loan Interest Rate Cut

February 1, 2012 by newswire

Last week President Obama called on Congress in his State of the Union address “to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.” That line surely left a lot of people (Washington's education policy circles not included) wondering ...

Award delay is explained | A computer glitch kept aid from students for 24 hours

February 1, 2012 by newswire

The delay has absolutely nothing to do with the company Higher One,” said Helen Garrett, LCC's executive dean of student affairs. “They are one of the fastest companies that get the loan disbursements out.” Garrett said some student's posts on Facebook ...

Fremont student questions Obama during YouTube interview

January 31, 2012 by newswire

Clark asked Obama what his plan is to help students pay off their loans, one of five questions picked from among 225000 submissions on topics ranging from online poker to the Occupy movement on the White House YouTube Channel, where the interview was ...