Farmers Insurance Group has joined with the United Negro College Fund to create a new “Farmers Insurance Group Emerging Scholars Program†that will formally be announced at the UNCF’s Walk for Education, Saturday, May 19 in Los Angeles, CA. The Walk takes place from 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Exposition Park.
The creation and announcement […]
Esther Vita Piervil likes the idea of healing the sick.
“If I have the opportunity and ability to make a difference, I want to,” said Piervil, who will graduate tonight from Mount Dora High School.
She may be closer to pursuing her goal of becoming a doctor after being awarded a Gates Millennium Scholarship.
The Gates Millennium Scholars […]
Final tallies are not expected until this summer, but a state analyst has projected a statewide drop of 30 percent in the number of graduating seniors eligible for HOPE, the popular college aid scholarship program.
Wagers Chenault, communications specialist for the Georgia Student Finance Commission, which administers the HOPE program, said this week the number of […]
The deadline is rapidly approaching for Arkansas high school seniors to apply for the Academic Challenge Scholarship; all applications must be submitted by June 1.
Recipients may earn up to $12,000 over four years toward their education at any Arkansas college or university if they meet the requirements.
“The Academic Challenge Scholarship is one of the […]
Students at Arkansas State University Mountain Home will receive additional scholarship support due to the generosity of Rhonald and Betty Morris of Dallas. The Morrises recently endowed two scholarships to benefit graduates of Baxter County.
The scholarships award $2,000 annually to two different high school graduates of Baxter County who meet specified academic merit and financial […]
As many as 7,000 Indonesian vocational school students who successfully passed English test will go to Unites States to learn more about cooperatives, an official said.
“We have given international-standard vocational school students across the country a chance of taking part in English test and found that 7,000 of them passed the test,” National Education Ministry`s […]
The state Legislature last week quickly pushed through and unanimously passed legislation to prohibit revenue sharing agreements between colleges and student loan companies after Attorney General Andrew Cuomo began investigating these practices two months ago.
“New Yorkers will have the confidence in knowing that state law will be on their side when dealing with the college […]
The Justice Department is reviewing an audit that found hundreds of millions of dollars have been improperly paid to a student loan company, House Education Committee chairman George Miller said yesterday.
Miller, a California Democrat, made the review public during a hearing in which he pressed Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on her decision to ignore a […]
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office said Thursday it reached a settlement with CIT Group Inc. and CIT’s Student Loan Xpress unit arising from the state’s investigation of abuses in the U.S. student loan business.
The New York-based commercial and consumer lender agreed to pay $3 million into a fund that will educate students about […]
It’s a good thing you got that college education. You can put it to good use navigating the complex maze that is the student loan industry as you consider whether to consolidate your federal student loans.
For those who have never done it, it’s a question that comes up every year in anticipation of the […]
The Justice Department is reviewing an audit that shows hundreds of (m) millions of dollars have been improperly paid to a student loan company.
The audit was made public by House Education Committee Chairman George Miller at a hearing today. It was conducted by the Education Department’s inspector general, who recommended the 278 (m) million dollars […]
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 40 percent of psychologists are self-employed, with clinical psychologists earning anywhere from $50,000 to over $100,000. The average salary for a psychology professor was $82, 554 for the academic year of 2005-2006, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The demand for psychology […]