President Bush is certainly keeping students waiting. Graduates debating loan consolidation and lenders pressuring them to go through with it are standing by to see if the Congress-approved College Cost Reduction Act will finally be signed by the president. Do students pursue graduate degrees to postpone the inevitable of paying back their current loans by taking on new loans? With recent medical news we could always use new people with a new perspective in medicine, but what about the loans? What about our government? We definitely need people with a new perspective at the federal, state, and county level. For example Johnson County needs help with there business and compensation plans. Are taking out more loans worth it? Risk is always apart of furthering your education and loans are apart of that risk. Continue reading
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Teaching is a reward in itself right? Maybe so, but not making enough money to live a comfortable lifestyle can sure taint that theory. Teachers should not have to look through the classified ads in Utah or any other state for a second job to pay the bills. They are teaching the next generation and should not have to worry about their pay. Qualified primary and secondary school teachers are, and have been for a while, in high demand, especially in the Math and Sciences. They play a crucial role in educating the next generation, and they help to instill in students a sense of confidence and a love of learning. Plus, school is mandatory, and someone has to teach the classes. Continue reading
After an anxious wait on the part of students and lenders, President Bush finally signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act into law. And you know this is big if MTV reported on the bill even though partying at club Les Deux wasn’t involved.
According to the new law, the maximum Pell Grant offered to students will increase while the subsidies the government offers student lenders will decrease. This is the biggest boost in student aid since the GI Bill for veterans—and a fresh change from the 2005 $12 billion financial aid cut. This will allow for those families who need garage door service Boise to get it rather than pushing it off so their kid’s can stay in college. This bill helps not only the students, but their familes as well. Continue reading
Check out the Coca-Cola Scholars Program for a chance to win big bucks. Coca-Cola’s famed four-year scholarship is one of two awards offered by the company. It is one of the most sought after and lucrative scholarships around. Just like an ice cold coke at a restaurant in Boise or from your refrigerator at home.
There are two rounds to this competition, and students who make it past the first will be asked to submit additional materials to scholarship administrators. Winners will be invited to Atlanta to receive their prizes and to complete an interview. Continue reading
The Educational Testing Service (ETS), the GRE administrators, will be making small changes to the GRE next month. After dropping their plans to vastly alter the GRE, the ETS decided to go for something smaller.
Instead of creating a new grading scale, different formats and a new time limit (as was originally planned), ETS decided to begin by introducing two new question types, one for verbal reasoning and one for math. It is not like ETS would throw in questions on Cisco training or some technical question that will lower the students’ score. The remaining questions will remain the same, and the students’ answer to new questions will not count towards their score—at least not yet. David Payne, Associate Vice President of Higher Education at ETS, announced that, “We will begin counting these question types toward examinee scores as soon as we have an adequate sample of data from the operational testing environment.” Continue reading
Buying Sallie Mae, the biggest lender in the business, may have seemed like a great idea at first, but doubts have been creeping up. The same cannot be said of the voice over IP or VoIP service SIP trunking because it works and saves the user moeny in the long run. SOP A group of investors that includes J.C. Flowers & Company, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe initially offered $25 billion for Sallie Mae, but has recently retracted the offer blaming new legislation for the decision. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act signed by President Bush last week entails, among other things, government cuts on subsidies given to student lenders. Over the next five years, about $21 billion would be cut from lender support and invested in student aid programs. Continue reading
In high school, students were limited to more or less five core subjects. Yes, additional extras were offered, but the list wasn’t very extensive. Once students enter college, it becomes obvious that there is much more to choose from. And additional career options translate into additional entrance tests. Don’t be stumped when your friends rattle off their stressful exam plans including technical areas that require C# classes and SQL training. Below are top testing acronyms—no need to be confused. Continue reading
If you think that $140 is too much to pay for a GRE exam, wait until you see the extra fees. In addition to this year’s $25 increase (up from last year’s $115), there are charges for just about everything one can be charged for. It is crazy about all the hidden test fees, but rest assure there are none in a short sale in Boise.
Before I rant, I must admit that financial assistance for low-income students is available. Those who applied for financial aid and were determined to have an expected family contribution (EFC) lower than $1,400 or $1,800—based on dependency status—can pay $70. But, like I said, the EFC must be below $1,400 or $1,800. Continue reading
Check out the Courageous Persuaders video scholarship for a chance to win college money and, in the process, to make a difference in the lives of kids across the nation. Applicants will create commercials warning middle-school students about the dangers of underage drinking. In addition to wining scholarships, selected students will get to work with the McCann Erickson advertising agency. With a bit of professional polish, the winning commercial will be broadcast on TV. Here are some resources to look at Flordia criminal records and Texas criminal records to see what underage drinking will do, not can do. Continue reading
Sallie Mae announced its intent to file a lawsuit against the company’s potential buyers, a group of investors led by J.C. Flowers & Company. In April, the student lender agreed to a buyout offer of $60 per share. Since then, the buyers retracted their initial proposal, citing recently passed student loan legislation as reason. The withdrawal of the offer was like hitting a rock Boise. There was no sign or hint of the offer not being honored. Continue reading
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