Cuts to Pell Grants
August 1, 2011 ~ Inside Higher Ed ~ Libby A. Nelson
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders appeared late Sunday to have reached a deal on increasing the nation’s debt limit that would avoid many of higher education’s worst-case scenarios: cuts to Pell Grants.
Congressional leaders appeared late Sunday to have reached a deal on increasing the nation’s debt limit that would avoid many of higher education’s worst-case scenarios: cuts to Pell Grants, the end of subsidized student loans, or a government default that would leave student financial aid and other funding for colleges in limbo going into the fall semester. Full Article
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| 2012 NACCAS Accreditation Handbook Available |
January 14, 2012 ~ NACCAS NACCAS has published their 2012 Edition of their Accreditation Handbook - dated January 1, 2012. As of that same date, they updated their Standards and Policies as well as their Rules of Practice and Procedure. Click here to download a pdf copy of each document. They can be found on the left side of their page under "Member Resources." |
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| What's the Real Impact of the President's Student Loan Plan? |
October 27, 2011 ~ Education and Labor Committee ~ RSS Article White House officials announced a new plan they claim will significantly lower student loan payments. In a speech yesterday at the University of Colorado, President Obama told students, “Americans could see their payments go down by hundreds of dollars a month.” Sounds great – but like most things with this administration, the facts reveal that the average student loan holder is unlikely to see any real impact from this plan. |
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| Obama's Student-Loan Plan Scores Political Points but Offers Limited Relief |
October 26, 2011 ~ The Chronicle of Higer Education ~ Kelly Field With the nation's student-loan debt approaching $1-trillion, and default rates at their highest level in a decade, President Obama is taking modest steps to ease students' debt burdens. |
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