A potential student loan crisis looms on the horizon for some students who face a mounting debt burden.
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Public higher ed struggles to fill budget gap
Tags: Financial Aid, Job Market, recession, Student Finances, student loans
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Facebook founder lends a hand
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to donate $100 million to help improve the public schools of Newark, N.J.
Tags: Cory A. Booker, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, New Jersey, Newark, Oprah Winfrey
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What’s in an envelope? One school bets on your enrollment
The University of Dayton is taking an unconventional admissions route; the school is sending accepted students mail in DHL and UPS envelopes hoping to show prospective students that they are valued.
Tags: College Admissions, DHL, Roman Catholic Liberal Arts University, United States Postal Service, University of Dayton, UPS
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University presses performing strong
The American Association of Publishers (AAP) recently reported exceptionally strong June 2010 book sales for university presses.
Tags: American Association of Publishers, Association of American University Presses, Bruce Wilcox, Google Editions, Tina Jordan
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Second annual Isenberg Golf Tournament will contribute to scholarship fund
The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts is not just all about business and no fun. For two School of Management students a capstone project became an alternative endeavor and event – a golf tournament in which portions of proceeds contribute to a scholarship fund.
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Changes must be made to boardrooms to avoid future market failures
Gillespie, co-author of “Money for Nothing” visited Isenberg School of Management yesterday to discuss the problems of company boardrooms
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Save this, Spend that
By: Naychelle Lucas Special to the Collegian Laundry for the month: $20. Ink for your printer: $60.99. Gas to get home for the weekend: $30. The single teardrop that glides down your cheek when you go to the ATM: priceless. SOAPnet’s new show “Bank of Mom and Dad” highlights young women whose weakness for designer [...]
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Get the memo: New forms of note taking offer better versatility
Amazon and Apple have created two new “smart pads” – the Kindle, from Amazon, and the iPad, from Apple. Though still new inventions, both the Kindle and the iPad are already gaining in popularity on college campuses because of their effectiveness, their “greenness” and their multi-faceted capabilities.
Tags: iPad, smart pads
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How new credit card rules will impact students
A series of new restrictions for credit card companies, which went info effect last week after being passed Congress a year ago, will impact anyone who has a credit card, but it will especially affect college students.
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UMass grads fight financial crime
During a time when many businesses are downsizing and cutting back just to stay afloat, Dexrex LLC – founded and run by former University of Massachusetts students – is expanding, soon moving from college-town Amherst to the banking center of Boston.
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