Federal, private lenders will raise rates, increase rejections
Washington Post Mar 3, 08 2:40 PM CST
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Even as college costs soar, the credit crunch is about to make student loans more expensive—and tougher to come by. Fees for federally guaranteed loans, which offer below-market rates, are expected to rise, and some states have dropped out of the program. At least a dozen private firms have already abandoned the student market, and those rates will rise even faster, the Washington Post reports.
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Families earning less than $100K get break
San Jose Mercury News Feb 20, 08 11:08 PM CST
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Tapping into its $17 billion endowment to boost financial aid, Stanford University said yesterday it will now offer free tuition—that's a $36,000 a year value—to students from families making less than $100,000 per year. Students from families that earn less than $60,000 won't have to shell out for room and board, either, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
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NIU sociology profs, students are stunned
Chicago Tribune Feb 15, 08 5:54 PM CST
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Northern Illinois University profs and students who knew Stephen Kazmierczak said today they were stunned by his transformation into a killer: “I knew him as a warm, sensitive, very bright student,” one professor said in disbelief. "I have had him in my home." A mentor told the Chicago Tribune , "He was the most gentle, even guy." A fellow student said he was "probably the best student in the class."
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Wharton's auction system among solutions to overenrollment in popular courses
Chronicle of Higher Education Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST
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It beats sleeping overnight outside a professor's office—as some do at Stanford—but should students buy their way into popular classes? The University of Chicago thought not, removing one student's ad hawking a slot in Freakonomics author Steven Levitt's course. Penn's Wharton School has a more capitalistic view, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
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Honor student's behavior 'somewhat erratic' before shooting
Chicago Tribune Feb 15, 08 10:38 AM CST
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The gunman who killed five and wounded 15 in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall yesterday was identified this morning as Steven Kazmierczak, an ex-NIU grad student who had won top sociology department honors, the Chicago Tribune reports. "There were no red flags," said the campus police chief. But police said this morning he had recently stopped taking regular medication and had been behaving erratically.
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Details on massacre emerge as victims fight to survive
Chicago Tribune Feb 15, 08 5:29 AM CST
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A sixth victim of the gunman who opened fire in an Illinois college classroom yesterday has died and at least four more remain in critical condition. The assailant, a former grad student at Northern Illinois University, entered through a door to the right of the lecture stage and silently started shooting. He fired a shotgun at the more than 100 students in Geology 104, then shot and wounded the instructor with a handgun, and then shot himself.
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Another 16 wounded after he opens fire
in Northern Illinois lecture hall
Chicago Tribune Feb 14, 08 6:06 PM CST
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A gunman opened fire in a packed lecture hall at Northern Illinois University today, killing five students before fatally shooting himself, the Chicago Tribune reports. Another 16 people were wounded. Witnesses say the gunman, clad in black, entered the lecture hall without speaking and opened fire. He had a shotgun and two handguns. Police identified him only as a former grad student with no apparent criminal history.
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Every piece of storied stadium will go on sale ahead of demolition
Miami Herald Dec 26, 07 3:24 PM CST
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College football fans can literally take home a piece of the action when Miami officials auction off every salable piece of the soon-to-be-demolished Orange Bowl in February. On the block are the giant scoreboard, players' benches, trees, and even the urinals. "You name it, it will be available,'' says the president of the auction company.
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Students clamor for change, say it's about comfort, not sex
San Jose Mercury News Nov 29, 07 8:52 PM CST
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Stanford students want co-ed dorm rooms, and the administration may take them up on the idea. "It's not about sex," one student told the San Jose Mercury News , but about feeling "comfortable in your living space." Transgender students started the initiative to build on the school's anti-discrimination policies, but now both gay and straight students have rallied behind the idea.
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In wake of shootings, group presses
right to pack heat
Time Nov 22, 07 11:43 AM CST
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Thousands of college students think they have a way to make their campuses safer: more guns. Students with a license to carry concealed weapons should be able to do it on campus, argues the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. “It’s the basic right of self defense,” said one student. “Here on campus, we don’t have that right.”
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Rule change eliminates discounts at college health centers
New York Times Nov 22, 07 3:45 AM CST
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Female students at US colleges may be cutting back on reliable contraceptives because a quirk in a federal law has made birth-control pills up to four times more expensive, health officials warn. A recent change in Medicaid regulations means drug companies no longer offer big discounts to health centers where students and low-income women obtain the pills, the New York Times reports.
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Iowa vote during school vacation may spell trouble for Obama
USA Today Nov 12, 07 3:32 PM CST
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The Iowa caucuses are scheduled for January 3—during most colleges' winter break. The loser in the primary leapfrogging contest may turn out to be Barack Obama, who's been counting on collegiate footsoldiers to aid an upset victory, USA Today reports. it's worth noting, however, that young people made up only 3.9% of Iowa electorate in 2004.
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Industry luring youth to replace aging workforce
Christian Science Monitor Oct 31, 07 4:30 PM CDT
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Coal-mining companies are successfully recruiting college kids, promising better work conditions than the industry’s muddied image might suggest, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Some 60% of the current workforce could retire over the next decade, and jobs are suddenly abundant; young people are finding themselves explaining to their parents that there’s money and career security to be found underground.
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