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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
39 Vote for this story	Trine launching industrial technology programs
	posted: Jul 2nd		source: tristate.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—An associate of science degree in industrial technology will be available to students at Trine North in Angola when fall classes commence Aug. 26. The degree will offer two majors, the associate of science in drafting and design technology and the associate of science in manufacturing technology.
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	General College News
61 Vote for this story	TSU renovating landmark church as performance hall
	posted: Jul 1st		source: tristate.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—Tri-State University will preserve a local landmark, originally built in 1910. With the purchase of the Angola Christian Church at 500 W. Maumee St., TSU plans major renovation of the building, to be renamed the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.
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	Member College News
109 Vote for this story	Olivet College receives 10-year reaccreditation
	posted: Jun 25th		source: olivetcollege.edu
	After extensive evaluation, Olivet College recently received a 10-year reaccreditation from The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). The college has been continually accredited by the NCA since 1961.
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
138 Vote for this story	Misericordia's MBA program helps pharmaceutical professional maintain competitive advantage
	posted: Jun 24th		source: misericordia.edu
	When Eric Williams decided to pursue his Master of Business Administration degree two years ago, he didn’t have to look very far to find a program that would separate him from other newly minted MBAs and prepare him to be an insightful and responsible business leader. A 1996 graduate of Misericordia University, the Dallas resident had already learned firsthand that the institution’s rigorous academic programs and... (more)
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	Member College News
124 Vote for this story	More than 1,000 Wooster graduates return for Alumni Weekend
	posted: Jun 24th		source: wooster.edu
	More than 1,000 alumni, including three members of the Class of 1933 celebrating their 75th reunion, returned to Wooster this weekend to renew old friendships, meet a new president, and honor their own.
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	Member College News
126 Vote for this story	Ground is Broken for Otterbein College's World-Class Center for Equine Studies.
	posted: Jun 24th		source: otterbein.edu
	It was a day of hard hats and horses as Otterbein College broke ground on its new Patrick and Jill McCuan Center for Equine Studies, Friday, June 13 at 800 N. Spring Road. The facility will be the first of its kind - combining horses, stables, pastures and education in a suburban setting. Westerville neighbors and City Council members have embraced the idea and what it brings to the community. "We will host... (more)
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	Member College News
108 Vote for this story	Manchester College throws annual Fourth of July Celebration on July 4th … and it’s free!
	posted: Jun 24th		source: manchester.edu
	Music, fireworks, patriotic readings by community residents – it’s the Fourth of July Celebration at Manchester College! The free event is on Friday, July 4th, an annual gift to the community from the College that last year drew a very pleased crowd of 1,000.
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	General College News
135 Vote for this story	Liberal Arts Colleges: A Dying Breed?
	posted: Jun 24th		source: kansascw.com
	As career-focused education programs become increasingly popular, traditional liberal arts colleges are finding it more and more difficult to remain competitive - or even survive. In fact, liberal arts colleges account for just 0.8 percent of total higher education enrollment in the U.S., according to the 2005 Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education.
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	Student Loan Industry
122 Vote for this story	After College, A Crash Course In Finance
	posted: Jun 24th		source: washingtonpost.com
	Many college graduates will soon be wondering whether they should aggressively pay off their student loan debt or let it linger and make monthly payments for the next 10 years or even decades to come.
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	Campus Finances
138 Vote for this story	College enrollment a gamble
	posted: Jun 24th		source: baltimoresun.com
	With economic pressures apparently pushing families to reconsider spending tens of thousands of dollars per year on tuition, many of Maryland's private colleges say they are being forced to use new tactics this year to meet their enrollment targets for this fall.
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	Member College News
124 Vote for this story	Hillsdale College Dedicates Rockwell Lake Lodge
	posted: Jun 24th		source: cadillacnews.com
	Since 1999, Hillsdale College professors have traveled with their biology students to the G. H. Gordon Biological Station near Luther to participate in field trips and summer studies. The site is the result of seven years of hard work by Hillsdale College friends George and Barbara Gordon, who turned 685 acres of land into a useable biological research station by planting trees, dredging the lake and stocking it... (more)
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	College Savings News
140 Vote for this story	Better than a toy
	posted: Jun 24th		source: investmentnews.com
	The idea for a Section 529 college savings plan gift registry came to Jeff Frese last year at a birthday party for his 4-year-old niece. Watching the birthday girl happily playing with empty opened boxes and ignoring her expensive presents, he had a revelation: What if he could have put the money he spent on her gift directly into her college savings account?
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	Campus Finances
132 Vote for this story	Merit Aid Still King
	posted: Jun 24th		source: insidehighered.com
	Despite increased pressure to move more money away from merit-based aid programs and into need-based grants, there is little sign of such a shift happening across the nation as a whole, according to a report released today.
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	General College News
131 Vote for this story	Fewer students pursue computer-related degrees
	posted: Jun 24th		source: boston.com
	Fewer college students are pursuing computer-related degrees at a time when demand is increasing and thousands of baby boomers are retiring from technical jobs. The colliding trends have some business leaders worried that they won't find enough workers needed to maintain expected growth.
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	General College News
111 Vote for this story	Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude
	posted: Jun 24th		source: washingtonpost.com
	The environmental fervor sweeping college campuses has reached beyond the push to recycle plastics and offer organic food and is transforming the curriculum, permeating classrooms, academic majors and expensive new research institutes.
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	Retirement Savings News
138 Vote for this story	The Hidden Costs of the Golden Years
	posted: Jun 24th		source: online.barrons.com
	IF YOU'RE GETTING READY to retire and think you are prepared, you might want to think again. Once you walk out your office door for the final time, you're bidding farewell not only to workplace politics and long commutes, but also to free eyeglasses and tooth fillings, subsidized hearing aids and acupuncture and a host of other health-care benefits you may not even have realized were there.
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	Campus Finances
144 Vote for this story	Caught Off Guard — But Why?
	posted: Jun 24th		source: insidehighered.com
	When the bottom fell out, where were the disaster plans? As the economy took a dive in the first half of this year, and states started slashing budgets, higher education leaders were often left scrambling.
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	SAGE Scholars News
201 Vote for this story	Colleges Use 529 Savings Plans As a Recruiting Tool
	posted: Jun 24th		source: online.wsj.com
	One perk associated with 529 plans is a tuition-rewards program from SAGE Scholars, an education finance company, that's available to participants in the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin 529 plans. Similar to a frequent-flier program, reward points are tallied quarterly at 1.25% of the total account value. Each point - which can come from select CDs, annuities and 401(k)s in addition to 529s - equals a dollar toward... (more)
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	General College News
143 Vote for this story	Millsaps College Places 29th Among Liberal Arts Colleges Nationwide
	posted: Jun 20th		source: millsaps.edu
	The Center for College Affordability & Productively recently ranked Millsaps College No. 29 among all liberal arts colleges and universities in the nation based on satisfaction and outcome-oriented benchmarks. Millsaps is the only liberal arts college in Mississippi ranked in the study. The CCAP measures student evaluations, college graduation rates, percentage of students winning nationally competitive... (more)
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	Tuition & Financial Aid News
156 Vote for this story	Growing Greek life mirrors TSU's transformation
	posted: Jun 20th		source: tristate.edu
	ANGOLA, Ind.—The board of governors for TSU’s Theta Xi chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity gathered with the university’s administration, board of directors, and student chapter officers June 11 to break ground for the chapter’s new house on Kinney Street.
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