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Capella University, an accredited online university that is a leader in online education, has released its latest podcast, featuring an interview with Marine Corporal Wesam Mahmoud about his experiences serving in the military while earning an MBA online. Part of the “Inside Online Education” podcast series, this installment discusses Corporal Mahmoud’s work as an Arabic […]

Fitch rates the following floating-rate student loan-backed notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-6:
* US$501,000,000 class A-1 ‘AAA’;
* US$280,000,000 class A-2 ‘AAA’;
* US$254,843,000 class A-3 ‘AAA’;
* EUR372,000,000 class A-4 ‘AAA’;
* US$46,666,000 class B ‘AAA’.
The […]

Many sources of financial aid are available to help college-bound students pay higher education expenses, including federal and state grants, scholarships and Federal Stafford and PLUS Loans. In addition, merit-based scholarships and need-based grants are often available at the local level.
All these programs may help ease the burden of paying for college; however, sometimes it […]

“Stem cells,” Sonia Wallman said with a sigh. The issue of stem cell research was very much in the news on the day I stopped by to visit Wallman at the Pease campus of N.H. Community Technical College, where Wallman directs the Biotechnology Education and Technology Center.
While President Bush vetoed a bill, his first in […]

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of All Nations University College (ANUC)- Koforidua, has appealed to the Government to allow continuing students in tertiary institutions to benefit from the new Students Loan Trust (SLT), which was recently announced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports.
A statement issued in Koforidua on Tuesday and signed by the […]

The B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education is investigating a private college in Vancouver over alleged irregularities involving government student loans to Chinese immigrants.
According to the government, at least 70 recent immigrants used the loans to pay City Tech College $10,000 each in tuition.
When officials with the B.C. Student Assistance Program discovered the students were ineligible […]

# You will start repaying your student loan from April 6 after you graduate, at a rate of 9 per cent of earnings above £15,000. On a salary of £20,000, you would repay £450 a year, or £37.50 a month.
# If your employer pays tax on your behalf through PAYE, your repayments should begin automatically. […]

A conjunto music scholarship is being offered to students through the Conjunto Music Program at Palo Alto College.
Interested students must successfully pass an audition, must enroll at the college and must join the program’s performing ensemble.
Students should be proficient as a vocalist, or in at least one conjunto instrument: button accordion, bajo sexton, bass […]

With college expenses, Heather Geidel wouldn’t have been able to afford a makeover.
However through the George Snow Scholarship Fund, Geidel received a $4,000 scholarship — and a new look for college.
The 17-year-old received a haircut, highlights, and make-up from the Greenroom Salon in Boca Raton this week.
“I like it a lot,” said Geidel, after the […]

Thirty working children in Lapu-Lapu City will soon have a chance to finish school.
The Aboitiz Group Foundation Inc. (AGFI) recently distributed scholarship packages to 30 children in Lapu-Lapu City as part of the foundation’s Street Urban Working Children (SUWC) program.
AGFI will shoulder their tuition, school supplies and uniform allowance.
The SUWC project, which is now on […]

With an aim to provide financial assistance to Scheduled Caste children pursuing studies in recognised post-matriculate courses, the Centre has released Rs 231.56 crore under the Post Matric Scholarship scheme for such students across the country.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has released maximum assistance of Rs 50.98 crore under the scheme to Uttar […]

Charles F. Brush III lived a remarkable lie. He climbed mountains, earned a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University, scuba dived in volcano crater lakes and led significant archaeological expeditions. He also served as a member of the Brush Engineered Materials Inc., board of directors for more than 50 years.
To honor his life, Brush Engineered […]