March 27th, 2010 
nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Riding the health-care wave, the house has approved changes in financial aid. The bill rewrites a four-decades-old student loan program, eliminating its reliance on private lenders and uses the savings to direct $36 billion in new spending to Pell Grants for students in financial need. Reported in USA Today on [...]
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No Comments » March 19th, 2010 nicole 
Recapping the news this week: Student loan reform bill still has not passed, however the Pell Grant funding will need to be addressed very soon. For great updates on the bill status visit HigherEd Watch Inside Higher Ed reported on Tuesday that Chase, the 2009′s fifth largest student lender, announced they were pulling out of [...]
