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2011-12 Scholarships Available
The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s 2011 competitive scholarship application is now available online at www.cfgb.org and can be submitted until March 1, 2011. Support materials from applicants are due April 1, and award recipients will be notified in July.
The New York Times: Student Loan Default Rate Is Continuing to Increase
The default rate on federal student loans continued to rise last year, with the rate for students at for-profit colleges — already the highest — rising the fastest.
U.S. News: New Analysis Suggests Which Colleges Help Disadvantaged Students
An analysis of student loan repayment rates released in late September by Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of Finaid.org, adjusts schools' student loan repayment rates by the demographics of their student bodies. This gives students and parents a new tool to see which schools potentially add value by taking in lots of disadvantaged kids and turning them into college graduates who earn and learn enough to repay their student loans.
The New York Times: Value of College Degree Is Growing, Study Says
Despite rising tuition and student-loan debt levels, the long-term payoff from earning a college degree is growing, according to a report to be issued Tuesday by the College Board.
USA TODAY: For first time, more women than men earn PhD
With female enrollments growing at all levels of higher education, doctoral degrees have been one area where men have continued to dominate. No more. New data being released today show that in 2008-09, for the first time, women earned a majority of the doctoral degrees awarded in the USA.
SF Gate: The 6 Worst Student Loan Mistakes You Can Make
In June of 2010, total student loan debt outstanding exceeded total credit card debt outstanding for the first time ever. Total student loan debt is increasing at a rate of about $2,853.88 per second. For some students, that's about the cost of a year's worth of books. For others, it's the cost of their spring break jaunt to Fort Lauderdale.
USA TODAY: Best college towns (and cities) ranked
Shopping for colleges? Location may be more important than you think, according to a new index of 75 "best cities" for college students.
USA TODAY: Who's 'Really Ready' for college?
Robert Neuman says he has seen "every student problem imaginable" in his 25 years as an associate dean of academic advising at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Now retired, he shares strategies to help middle school and high school students avoid common problems in his book, Are You Really Ready for College? A College Dean's 12 Secrets for Success.
USA TODAY: Students face new textbook picks: Rent vs. buy, print vs. e-book
With another summer ending, the time has come to ask the perennial question: Could this be the year higher education finally embraces the e-book?
Buffalo News: Floundering freshmen a concern
First-year students are underprepared, college survey finds.
USA TODAY: Even bizarre college clubs get students more engaged
College experts say students who participate in extracurricular activities are more engaged in the college experience, and benefits can be seen both in and outside the classroom.
The New York Times: The Accidental Giant of Higher Education
NANCY L. ZIMPHER, the new chancellor of the State University of New York, is a woman with a plan. From 1998 to 2003, when she was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, it was “The Milwaukee Idea.” From 2003 to May 2009, when she was president of the University of Cincinnati, it was “UC/21.”
