Posts Tagged ‘Gates Foundation’
DC Shuttle: Parties Tangle Over Student Loan Rates as Deadline Nears
by The New England Council
June 25, 2012
With a June 30 deadline quickly approaching, lawmakers are running out of time to prevent student loan rates from doubling. Leadership from both parties has said that a compromise will be coming before the deadline and suggested on Friday that they are close to a deal. In 2007, Congress approved PL ...
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Student-Created Fund Helps Raise Money to Cover Unmet Need
by Cody Simmons
June 4, 2010
Today’s fast-paced and Internet-driven society provides a lot of opportunities for innovation in the college financial aid world. As tuition costs continue to rise faster than average incomes, more students are turning to private lenders and other third-party organizations to finance their educations; the Harvard Educational Review estimates that there was a 76% increase in ...
Read MoreTags: American Educational Research Journal, Brown University, Co-fund.org, Donors Choose, Gates Foundation, Harvard Educational Review, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Kiva, Partridge Snow & Hahn, U.S Education Department Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance | No Comments
