House Roll Call: How they voted on ACORN defunding

The 345-75 roll call Thursday by which the House amended the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 to deny all federal funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, commonly known as ACORN.

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Grand jury indicts 65 in Ariz. fraud scheme

An Arizona woman recruited as many as 136 people to pose as college students and defraud the government out of nearly $540,000 in student aid money, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Under the House bill, the grants would rise with the consumer price index, plus 1 percentage point, starting in 2011. The estimated maximum award in 2019 would be $6,900.

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A bill before the U.S. Senate that would force colleges and universities to work with the federal government's direct loan program if they provide federal financial aid is making some Western Pennsylvania school officials nervous.

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Contrary to popular opinion, low income students do not get a free ride. Pell Grant recipients are forced to borrow more for their education than non-recipients even though they have a greater aversion to debt.

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Those are the key findings of a paper, "Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor," published this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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In response to Monday's Government Accountability Office report on loan defaults and basic skills tests at for-profit colleges and universities, the chairman of the House education committee, Rep.

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Students in the University of California system next year will probably pay 44% more -- $10,300 -- in basic student fees than they did in 2008. The fee increase comes in the face of declining and unreliable financial support from the state of California.

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The federal government offers several types of student loans to help promote access to higher education. The common goal among the different loans is to provide students with financing for higher education at better terms than those available in the private market.

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Michigan's qualifying high school grads can get free college tuition through a proposed plan that draws on the state's lotteries, casinos and donations, state Rep. Fred Durhal Jr. said today.

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The Treasury Department released its much-anticipated report on Section 529 Savings Plans today.

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Libertarians have been arguing that aid to colleges actually increases the cost of college. Their argument boils down to the idea that colleges increase costs to absorb the available funds. But tuition keeps rising when federal aid does not. Another explanation may be in order.

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In the mid-1990s, Oberg discovered loopholes whereby non-profit lenders made millions by taking advantage of 1980s-era student loan subsidies.

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With deficit worries gripping Washington, lawmakers including House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) and Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) have proposed cutting taxpayer subsidies to private institutions that issue student loans.

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U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today introduced legislation that will make college dramatically more affordable by investing billions of dollars in additional student aid – and at no new cost to taxpayers.

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States compete for more than $4 billion in federal education grants but those that have said no to charter schools, one of the education reforms President Barack Obama backs, may soon be paying a penalty for that choice.

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There are so many things I don't understand in this world. Why can't we do something about North Korea? Why are all the bees dying? How did I miss knowing about "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" until last week?

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But in the swift kick in the American gut that is the current recession, higher education is the latest sector of society that has been hit hard by hard times.

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In a fierce contest to control the student loan market, the nation's banks and lenders have for years waged a successful campaign to limit a federal program that was intended to make borrowing less costly by having the government provide loans directly to students.

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Facing fallen endowments and needier students, many colleges are looking more favorably on wealthier applicants as they make their admissions decisions this year.

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Kentucky's state student loan agency has pulled the plug on a loan forgiveness program designed to encourage students to pursue careers as educators, leaving hundreds of newly minted teachers deeply indebted with loans they never expected to have to pay off.

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"It's the middle-tier privates that are very, very concerned about what's happening, and about their enrollment," said Philip R. Day Jr., president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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There's nothing factually wrong with the article, but it's also a good example of how language can obscure meaning.

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With the economy forcing budget cuts and layoffs in higher education, colleges and universities might be expected to be cutting financial aid. But no.

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The U.S. Senate's economic stimulus package passed Tuesday is $18 billion larger than the U.S. House's version, but contained billions of dollars fewer in student aid, infrastructure and other higher education funding.

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Parents of Wisconsin college students have been receiving official-looking letters urging them to pay $49 to apply for financial aid, but the mailings are actually from a private business that charges money for information available online for free.

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