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	<title>Top Colleges Blog &#187; Financial Aid</title>
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		<title>Student Loan Reform Gets Revived By Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/14/student-loan-reform-gets-revived-by-health-care-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/14/student-loan-reform-gets-revived-by-health-care-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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President Obama’s proposed overhaul of federal student loans just got a life-saving boost.  In an effort to accelerate passage of health care reform legislation, Senate Democrats have bundled the two bills together.  This will allow both measures to be passed by a simple majority vote.  Without taking this action, it was predicted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Receives Praise from Career College Association</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/02/obama-administration-receives-praise-from-career-college-association/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/02/obama-administration-receives-praise-from-career-college-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to President Obama&#8217;s FY 2011 budget proposal, the federal Pell Grant financial aid program will be slated to receive a significant boost in funding. This boost has not gone unnoticed by those in the education world, including the Career College Association (CCA). In fact, the CCA has publicly commended the administration for its proposals.

&#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eLearners Provides Full Tuition to Working Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/23/elearners-provides-full-tuition-to-working-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/23/elearners-provides-full-tuition-to-working-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project working mom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[eLearners.com has launched an interesting Website that is geared toward helping working parents return to school. Entitled Project Working Mom 2010, the program was created to award full tuition scholarships to 285 students who are interested in attending one of eight different accredited online institutions. In all, the scholarships are valued at about $5 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Scholarship Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/avoiding-scholarship-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/avoiding-scholarship-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning to head to college, you are certainly interested in learning more about scholarship opportunities. After all, what could be better than receiving free money to pay for school? At the same time, it is important to keep in mind that there are many scam artists out there who are trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Sources for Funding Your College Expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/8-sources-for-funding-your-college-expenses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/8-sources-for-funding-your-college-expenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college expenses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=81301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to U.S. News, a record number of 18 to 24-year-olds are taking at least one college course this year. With 11.5 million people within this age group heading to college, it represents 40% of that particular demographic. When factoring in all of the adults who have also headed back to school in an effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive College Financing Trends for 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/21/positive-college-financing-trends-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/21/positive-college-financing-trends-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there is no denying that college costs will go up in 2010, U.S. News reports that there are a few positive trends that we can expect to see in 2010 as well. Here&#8217;s a look at a few of the positive trends that are likely to occur throughout this year.

Easier Financial Aid Application Process
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Company Might Pay to Continue Your Education Online</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/19/your-company-might-pay-to-continue-your-education-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/19/your-company-might-pay-to-continue-your-education-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready to take your education to the next level, but you aren&#8217;t sure how you are going to pay for your college tuition and other fees? If so, you might want to consider talking to your employer about the possibility of continuing your education online through a company-paid scholarship.
Many people don&#8217;t realize it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will New Loans Help You Pay for College?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/18/education-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/18/education-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=80871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is looking to increase support for its plan to overhaul student lending. This week, they became much more aggressive in their approach, attacking banks for enjoying “a free ride from taxpayers for too long.”  
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reported that the government’s direct offer of student loans and an end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Start Making Changes to Financial Aid Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/18/college-start-making-changes-to-financial-aid-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/18/college-start-making-changes-to-financial-aid-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=79871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our difficult economic times, colleges have been taking a number of steps to keep their budgets in balance. From turning down thermostats to back on cutting sports teams, they had all managed to continue to provide financial aid until now. According to an article in USA Today, Dartmouth College and Williams College have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squeeze Play: In Survey Americans Say Colleges Too Concerned With Financial Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/17/college-financial-bottom-lin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/17/college-financial-bottom-lin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Degrees]]></category>
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Are American colleges operating more like businesses and less like educational institutions?  In the recent SQUEEZE PLAY 2010 study conducted by Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 60% of the people surveyed seem to think that is exactly what is happening.  
In the same study, two thirds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarships vs. Grants: What&#8217;s the difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/17/scholarships-and-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/17/scholarships-and-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Aid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=79531</guid>
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What&#8217;s the difference between scholarships and grants?  Find out what helps fund your college education!
Scholarships and grants are essentially “free money” in the sense that you are not expected to pay them back.  On the flip side, student loans require students to pay the money back.  People who wish to attend college, use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Reform Still Stalled In Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/11/loan-reform-stalled-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/11/loan-reform-stalled-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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A blizzard may have slowed things down in Washington, but the Obama administration’s mission to reform student lending practices is very much on the president&#8217;s agenda.  Education Secretary Arne Duncan took aim at lenders like Sallie Mae, urging the Senate to end a program that uses private lenders as middlemen for federally backed loans.
&#8220;Working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Plan To Revamp College Loans Hits Snag</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/08/revamp-loans-hits-sna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/08/revamp-loans-hits-sna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=77941</guid>
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One of President Obama’s signature initiatives is education reform and an important cornerstone of this plan is revamping the student loan business by removing financial ‘middlemen’ from the process.  If the president’s plan goes forward, all federally-funded college loans would go directly from the lender to students, eliminating the service of financial institutions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Giving Takes Big Hit At Colleges and Universities</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/06/giving-at-colleges-and-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/06/giving-at-colleges-and-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colleges]]></category>
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Nobody needs to remind us that 2009 was a tough year.  Unemployment soared, new hires dwindled and American families struggled with stagnant wages and rising costs for health care. Charitable and philanthropic giving slid to new lows,  including donations to public and private educational institutions.  Colleges and universities faced the steepest decline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy Forces Williams College To Revise Scholarship Program</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/05/economy-forces-williams-college-to-revise-scholarship-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/05/economy-forces-williams-college-to-revise-scholarship-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Scholarships]]></category>
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Hard times are hitting some of our nation&#8217;s best colleges.  In an announcement published on the college website,  William Wagner, interim president of Williams College, rescinded the current financial aid policy due to a $500 million dollar dip in the college&#8217;s endowment.   This development at one of the nation&#8217;s most selective [...]]]></description>
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