Archive for March, 2007

Anxiety on Campus

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

An audit of mental health care at America’s top 50 colleges and universities reports an increase in student usage of mental health services over the past three years. The survey, conducted by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, found that students at national universities use campus mental health services at a lower rate than [...]

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Failure Is for Freshmen, Success Is for Seniors: What I Learned at College

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Another Student Loan Resource:College students who show up to school expecting to get straight As, maintain a perfect reputation, and never fail at any endeavor are in for a major awakening.
 
Unfortunately, many are taught from an early age to “be perfect” and never make any mistakes, spending a lifetime avoiding the painful specter of failure. [...]

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Not What It Appears: College Student Relief Act of 2007

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Another Student Loan Resource:According to a March 2, 2007 article written by Olivia Majesky-Pullmann titled, “Just the Stats: Will Student Loan Interest Rate Cuts Really Help Low-Income Students?” that appeared in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, “The College Student Relief Act of 2007, recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, has been hailed as [...]

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U.S News Rankings Affect State College Funding?

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Another Student Loan Resource:It goes without saying that the media tend to influence public opinion, if not in large part shape it.
 
A case in point is the ranking of colleges in U.S. News & World Report. According to a March 2, 2007 article by Elia Powers titled “A U.S. News Effect on College Funding?” that [...]

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More Need-Based Aid

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Another Student Loan Resource:According to a March 6, 2007 article by Elia Powers titled “Tilting Toward Need-Based Aid,” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed, “At a time when private colleges are often criticized for spending too much of their financial aid resources trying to attract students who can already afford to attend, George Washington University [...]

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Manage Your Student Loans with Federal Consolidation

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Another Student Loan Resource:For the last few years, college tuition has been on the rise across the United States. In 2004/05 Arizona students paid $10,863 in tuition and fees to attend four year public colleges and $19,448 to attend four year private colleges. With approximately 35,366 Arizona residents between 18 and 24 with a Bachelor’s [...]

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

The Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research program supports established independent physician-scientists who are dedicated to translational research, the two way transfer between work at the laboratory bench and patient care.

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