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The app that puts college within reach of Dreamers

October 16, 2018 by Robert Lerose

According to the U.S. Department of Education, about 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school. But too many of them are thwarted from pursuing higher education…

3 ways colleges are using technology to help students borrow less

August 22, 2018August 17, 2018 by Gregg Scoresby

Last month, a group of six senators introduced a bill designed to help prevent unnecessary student loan debt by encouraging greater transparency. The “Know Before You Owe Act” would,…

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Financial aid technology: More productivity, less drudgery

July 16, 2013July 12, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Changes to college students’ financial aid packages caused by the political saber rattling of Congress’s sequestration talks last spring were updated almost in real time, an impossibility in…

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Forget financial aid, soon-to-be college students need financial ed

May 7, 2013 by Denny Carter

[At] a time when a $1 trillion student loan bill nationally continues to balloon and cripple so many, a new survey finds that the root of many students'…

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Tuition.io helps manage all student loans in one place

April 5, 2013April 3, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

After graduating from Columbia University in the height of the recession and acquiring $120,000 in debt, including 12 student loans from seven servicers, Brendon McQueen was left with…

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Colleges see competition in streamlining data

October 1, 2013September 6, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Legions of filing cabinets have become casualties of higher education's war for students.

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Deals with banks stack millions in fees on college students

June 1, 2012May 30, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay…

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Unease grows about future of financing for Pell grants

December 21, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

With the lame-duck Congress winding down and a $5.7 billion gap in financing looming for next year’s Pell grants--and a further $8 billion gap for the following year--there…

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Blackboard unveils system for disbursing student aid

March 17, 2010March 11, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Some college students will be able to use their allotted financial aid by swiping a debit card instead of waiting for paper checks to come to their dorm…

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Experts split: Are FY11 student aid increases enough?

February 8, 2010February 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget includes $156 billion in student aid, a second consecutive increase in Pell Grant funds, and a lower cap for student loan repayments—but…

The app that puts college within reach of Dreamers

3 ways colleges are using technology to help students borrow less

Financial aid technology: More productivity, less drudgery

Forget financial aid, soon-to-be college students need financial ed

Tuition.io helps manage all student loans in one place

Colleges see competition in streamlining data

Deals with banks stack millions in fees on college students

Unease grows about future of financing for Pell grants

Blackboard unveils system for disbursing student aid

Experts split: Are FY11 student aid increases enough?

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