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VPR | Vermont Public Radio
Smith: Technology In Education
(Host) Lately, a debate in Washington has erupted over whether the interest rate on government student loans should jump from 3.4% to 6.8%, but as a former state official and now president of FairPoint Communications in Vermont, commentator Mike Smith, t...
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WMUR New Hampshire
Colleges Get Grants To Help High School Students
CONCORD, N.H. -- Two New Hampshire colleges are getting grants to help out local high school students. The University of New Hampshire and Keene State College offer the Upward Bound college prep program. That includes counseling and an intense summer pro...
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VPR | Vermont Public Radio
Welch Speaking Out About Student Loan Debt
Rep. Peter Welch talks with students at the University of Vermont last month about their experiences with student loans, as part of an effort to compile stories about student debt. At more than a trillion dollars, student loan debt in the U.S. now surpas...
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VPR | Vermont Public Radio
Douglas: Rising Cost Of College
(Host) As the academic year comes to a close, many graduates will be heading for an uncertain future. One thing that's all too certain, though, is the debt that many will be presented along with their diplomas. Former Vermont Governor and commentator Jim...
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Ecopreneurist
Vapur and Elkay Partner to Reduce Bottled Water Use on College Campuses
What are two critical aspects we need to effectively counter bottled water? Resuable bottles and access to clean drinking water. Now a collaboration between two companies will help make drinking water more accessible to college students all over the coun...
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The Daily Campus
DC finishes fourth in newspaper contest
The Daily Campus came in fourth out of a couple dozen entries in the New England Society of Newspaper Editors “College Newspaper of the Year” award. The Society, NESNE, is an affiliate of the New England Newspaper and Press Association. The paper’s Edito...
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Burlington Free Press
St. Michael's earns free trade certification
COLCHESTER St. Michaels College students now have the chance to make a stand for fair trade, just by eating breakfast. But some on campus are questioning just how fair the fair trade movement actually is. The college was declared the sixth fair trade co...
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Burlington Free Press
Rep. Welch, students oppose loan-rate increase
As if the cost of attending wasnt daunting enough, students planning on enrolling in college this fall face another grim prospect: the possible doubling of the interest rate on federally subsidized Stafford loans. The rate will rise from 3.4 percent to 6...
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Brattleboro Reformer
Rep. Welch trying to stop student loan interest hike
Tuesday April 17, 2012 the 6.8 percent rate would return to the rate charged prior to 2008. In 2007, the Democrat-controlled Congress passed legislation that gradually lowered the rate to the 3.4 percent charged this school year. SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Allo...
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Bennington Banner
U.S. Rep. Welch trying to stop student loan interest increase
Tuesday April 17, 2012 students, struggling with their loan debt every day," said Vickers. SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Allowing the interest rate to double on a popular federally subsidized federal student loan would make it more difficult for college students t...
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WCAX
Rep. Welch has plan for student loan interest
The average college tuition jumped 8.5 percent this year and now the cost to repay student loans is also set to increase. Paying for college has never been easy but now interest rates on student loans could make it even tougher. "All of it together is ju...
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Vermont Tiger
Aspirational Failure
Vermont has the second highest high school graduation rate in the nation. Almost 90 percent of the incoming 9th graders graduate from high school four years later. Exemplary. We’re the envy of all others. Then, we fall off the cliff. Of those who graduat...
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Bennington Banner
Don’t let this opportunity pass
Wednesday April 11, 2012 by making it possible for all students to take advantage of dual enrollment opportunities through courses available at the Vermont State Colleges (including the Community College of Vermont), the University of Vermont, and six of...
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Bennington Banner
SVC senior gains national honor
Tuesday April 10, 2012 students represent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role that higher education can -- and does -- play in building a better world," Campus Compact Board Chairma...
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Metro - Boston
Quidditch craze continues to grow on college campuses
The evolving game of Quidditch, best known for its ensorcelling action sequences in the "Harry Potter" series, is kicking off its spring season. It isn't just a bunch of Potter fanatics on brooms, donning capes, bouncing a ball around, however. From tack...
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