H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C., a leading global private equity firm, announced today the successful sale of Stream Holdings Corporation (“Stream”) to Global BPO Services Corp. (now known as Stream Global Services, Inc.), a publicly traded company for $200 million in cash plus adjustments.
Stream is a leading global provider of technical support and other business process outsourcing [...]
Student Funding Group, LLC (StuFund) announced that it will be offering a number of new private student loan products. Some of these loans will feature no fees and are designed for students looking to finance their college education or consolidate private loan debt.
The StuFund Solutions Loan will have zero fees and offer competitive rates. “Our [...]
Sallie Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, ‘Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending’ to demonstrate how Sallie Mae serves students and parents in the private education loan market.
Goulding emphasized Sallie Mae’s ‘1-2-3 approach’ to paying for college: 1) after tapping personal financial resources such [...]
A proposal before Congress that would halve interest on federally subsidized student loans in the next five years would save students thousands of dollars, according to an analysis by the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group.
The so-called College Student Relief Act of 2007 is expected to be voted on next week by the House of Representatives [...]
Arapahoe Community College (ACC) congratulates Angela McClure for being named the Fall 2006 recipient of its Thomas Sorensen scholarship.
Thomas Sorensen was a former Behavioral Science chair who retired from the College after 34 years in 2005. His departmental colleagues created this scholarship to honor his contributions to our College community.
McClure, a 40-something mother of three [...]
The Cochise College Foundation and Cochise College provided a variety of scholarships available to students for the 2006-2007 academic year. The scholarships are listed below and students are encouraged to begin the application process as soon as possible, remember to do continuous research for other available scholarships.
If you have any questions regarding scholarships, contact the [...]
It has been a rough seven years for Maria Lemus, but the future is looking brighter.
Since she was 12, Lemus, now 19, has had to frequently live away from her family after a falling out with her father.
But the hardships and challenges haven’t stopped the soft-spoken young woman from pursuing a longtime dream.
“I want to [...]
Like many forward thinking students from Crawford County, Frederic resident Jamie Pinkelman, who graduated from Grayling High School in 2005, decided to take a couple classes this summer.
She didn’t go to Kirtland. Nor did she go to her regular campus at Michigan State University. She decided to try something different. She spent six weeks studying [...]
Penn State Schuylkill has received a million-dollar gift from the John E. Morgan Foundation to endow Trustee Matching Scholarships, awards that aim to keep a University education accessible to qualified undergraduates, regardless of their financial means.
The gift is the largest ever received by the Schuylkill campus for student aid, according to R. Keith Hillkirk, chancellor [...]
One of the major concerns families have when planning for a college education is how to pay for it.
Alfred State College are committed to making the financial aid process as simple as possible. While many schools are citing statistics such as how many students receive aid and how much aid they have to offer, they [...]