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  Member College News
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 		Marian College becomes Marian University
posted: Jul 1st   source: marian.edu  
On Saturday, June 27, 2009, Marian College will celebrate becoming Marian University; the college will officially change its name on July 1, 2009. The purpose of the name change is to better reflect what the institution is becoming: a great Catholic university.
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  Member College News
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 		Donor pledges $6M to Marian University (IN)
posted: Jul 1st   source: cms.ibj.com  
Marian University has received a $6 million pledge – the largest gift in the institution’s history – from a former trustee, the school announced today. The gift was timed to coincide with the Indianapolis-based school’s name change from Marian College to Marian University. The gift should help further the Catholic college’s plan to raise its profile beyond Indianapolis. The university is in the midst of a campaign to raise $68.2 million. The $6 million pledge will bring the amount raised to $55 million.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Private College Tuition Rises at Lowest Rate in Nearly Four Decades, Survey Finds
posted: Jul 1st   source: thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com  
Tuition and fees at private American colleges and universities will increase by an average of 4.3 percent in the new school year when compared to the academic year just concluded — the smallest rise in 37 years, according to a survey of 350 institutions by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
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  Retirement Savings News
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 		401(k) has advantages even if employer cuts match
posted: Jul 1st   source: usatoday.com  
Your employer has canceled bagel Mondays, and the lavender hand lotion in the bathroom has disappeared. When you report a computer problem to IT, someone shows up at your desk with a roll of duct tape. Given the severity of the downturn, employees have learned to live with a certain amount of corporate belt-tightening. But cutbacks in matching contributions to your 401(k) plan are much harder to stomach.
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  Member College News
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 		Olivet College grant cuts tuition in half for local students
posted: Jul 1st   source: battlecreekenquirer.com  
Now, more than 300 students are taking advantage of Olivet's Community Connection Grant and receiving a private, four-year education at a fraction of the cost. Worth $9,290, the Community Connection Grant was initially offered to any new freshman, transfer or non-traditional student who graduated from or resided in Bellevue, Charlotte, Marshall or Olivet.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Private College Tuition Increase Is Lowest In Years
posted: Jul 1st   source: citytowninfo.com  
A new survey indicates that tuition and fees at private colleges will rise an average of 4.3 percent this coming year--the smallest increase in 37 years. The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which conducted a survey that included 350 private, non-profit colleges and universities, noted that the increase is lower than the average 6 percent over the last ten years. The association pointed out that the lower rate indicates that institutions are trying to restrain costs as families struggle to make ends meet during the recession.
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  Campus Finances
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 		Colleges Are Tapping Restricted Endowment Funds, Survey Finds
posted: Jul 1st   source: chronicle.com  
The financial crisis is prodding colleges and foundations to take advantage of a new law that allows increased flexibility in endowment spending, according to the results of a survey released today by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
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  Paying For College
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 		Paying college tuition with credit card gets costlier
posted: Jul 1st   source: usatoday.com  
Across the nation, a growing number of universities are making it harder — and costlier — for students to use credit cards. Starting Wednesday, students at the University of Southern Maine who pay tuition using plastic will face a 2.75% processing fee. Other schools that have adopted, or are adopting, similar policies include George Mason University, Northwestern University, Wichita State and the University of Virginia.
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  Member College News
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 		Creighton University med school plans Phoenix branch
posted: Jul 1st   source: omaha.com  
Creighton University will increase its medical school enrollment by 26 a year and eventually send 84 students annually for training at a Phoenix hospital. Creighton on Tuesday announced the partnership with Phoenix's St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, the largest hospital in Arizona.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Trine offering experiential learning scholarships
posted: Jun 30th   source: trine.edu  
ANGOLA, Ind.--To make internships and co-op education more affordable, Trine University is offering scholarships to full-time main campus students over the next three years beginning fall semester.
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  Higher Education Legislation News
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 		Congress Approves Technical Amendments to Higher Education Act
posted: Jun 29th   source: chronicle.com  
Congress has approved a bill to patch holes in the Higher Education Act, including a glitch that would have forced thousands of veterans to return federal student aid they had been awarded for the coming academic year. The glitch stemmed from a discrepancy between two pieces of legislation enacted last year: the Post-9/11 GI Bill and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The House of Representatives passed legislation correcting the error in March, but the Senate did not vote on the measure until yesterday.
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  Paying For College
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 		Economy sending students back home to college
posted: Jun 29th   source: google.com  
A few months ago, Rebecca Gottlieb faced a difficult choice: continue on at her $50,000-a-year private school in Massachusetts, or leave her new friends and life and enroll at a cheaper school near home in Washington. Gottlieb, 19, decided to transfer, dumping Tufts University for Western Washington University and joining the growing numbers of college students realizing that attending their dream school was no longer financially sustainable.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Fix FAFSA! Five ways to simplify student aid.
posted: Jun 29th   source: newsweek.com  
Mention the acronym FAFSA to any parent with a college-age child and you are almost certain to see a shudder of dread. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, required for most types of student financial assistance, consists of 53 questions spread over 20 computer screen-pages and is notoriously befuddling. Some parents spend hours filling it out; others hire financial-aid consultants to do it for them. But many, especially low-income parents, become so intimidated by FAFSA that they give up before they finish, even though their kids have the most to gain financially by filing the application. As a result, millions of students never get the financial aid they're entitled to; the U.S. Department of Education estimates that for Pell Grants alone, about 1.5 million students a year miss out because they fail to apply.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Financial aid pitfalls
posted: Jun 29th   source: timesfreepress.com  
When Bill Holland found out his 21-year-old daughter, Lauren, wanted a college degree, he wasted no time in taking the first step: helping her file for federal financial aid. Knowing nothing about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, they did an Internet search for the acronym and came across www.fafsa.com. The Web site directed them to file an application and, after slogging through many questions, they paid $79 for the service.
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  Member College News
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 		In a tough economy, CNY graduates face tough college choices
posted: Jun 29th   source: syracuse.com  
Morrow, who graduates Sunday, will attend a private college -- St. Lawrence University, in Canton -- because it gave her the most attractive financial package. She will pay the same or less than she would have at a state school.
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  Retirement Savings News
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 		Madoff sentencing nears, but victims' pain goes on
posted: Jun 29th   source: theglobeandmail.com  
Bernard Madoff will get one last creature comfort before he is sentenced Monday, probably to serve out the rest of his days in prison. The judge has given him permission to don his own clothes for the hearing, rather than a jail uniform. Jack Cutter is wearing something special, too, these days: a butcher's smock.
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  General College News
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 		How Kids Really Choose a School
posted: Jun 29th   source: thedailybeast.com  
A surprising new poll shows who students listen to—and who they ignore—when deciding where to go to college. Parents, it turns out, wield a lot of influence, while coaches and siblings are out of luck. Parents can’t complain that their kids don’t listen to them—at least about where to go to college. The largest high-school graduating class in American history just finished the college-admissions process, and they report that parents were, by far, the most important influence on their decision-making.
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  Tuition & Financial Aid News
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 		Scholarships for College Dwindle as Providers Pull Back Their Support
posted: Jun 29th   source: nytimes.com  
Students looking for college scholarships are going to have a harder time this year as providers, hammered by falling investment returns and declining philanthropic support, cut back. The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit that works with Los Angeles public high school students, has reduced the number of college scholarships offered over the last three years by nearly half and has tightened requirements students must meet, said Maria T. Espinosa, director of program operations.
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  College Savings News
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 		Smart ways to save for college
posted: Jun 29th   source: delawareonline.com  
Buy through the state. When you open a 529, you have a wide variety of investment choices. The most popular are the age-based plans. They buy stocks while a child is young and promise to grow more conservative in the years just before college entry. Good age-based funds keep their promise.
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  Paying For College
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 		Many college-bound seniors change their college plans as recession hits families, universities
posted: Jun 29th   source: dallasnews.com  
She scored almost perfectly on her SATs, filled her schedule with AP classes at Frisco's Wakeland High School and contemplated the College of William & Mary, a Virginia university that is the nation's second-oldest. Instead, she'll attend the community college down the street.
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