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BMCC Students Applying For, and Receiving, Financial Aid
New York, NY (Vocus) According to Howard Entin, Director of Financial
Aid at Borough of Manhattan Community College (http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu)
(BMCC (http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu)), the number of students applying
for financial aid at the college, “is up about 15 to 20 percent
over the last year."
Federal data* and universities.com ranked BMCC #6 in the country
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of Education using a standard formula established by Congress) and
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Increased
Pell Grant Level Could Hurt More than Help Students
(Vocus) April 9, 2010 -- Pres. Obama signed the new direct lending
to colleges bill. This could lead to an increase in the amount of
Pell Grant money for students. The maximum grant right now
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maximum grant to rise to $5,975 by 2017. So that’s good? Right?
Not necessarily. Pell increase can really be a dis-service to students,
retention and graduation.
[AcademicMAPS president Dr. Neal Raisman says “The Pell increase
may actually harm students. It is only good if colleges and universities
do not take the increase in Pell as a basis for raising tuition
and fees as they almost always do. And they always go well beyond
the annual Pell increase. This hurts students badly and is very
poor academic customer service.” “Schools figure that
if there is additional Pell funding available to students, they
might as well just increase the costs of attending at least that
amount since the whole thing will balance out. It won’t cost
the students any more money if tuition goes up since Pell will cover
it. This is wrong thinking.” READ
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Pepperdine
University and UC Santa Barbara Plan MBA Offering to UCSB Alumni
LOS ANGELES April 08,2010--UC Santa Barbara alumni interested in
earning an MBA have a new option that is the next best thing to
an accredited graduate business school of their own. As one of the
benefits of being an UCSB alumnus, the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association
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(http://www.ucsbalum.com/) has teamed
with the Graziadio School of Business and Management (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mba/)
at Pepperdine University to offer enrollment in the evening Master
of Business Administration program at Pepperdine’s nearby
Westlake Village campus.
Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School will host the first
of three on-campus informational sessions for the Fully Employed
MBA for Business Professionals Program (http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/mba/curriculum/)
at the UCSB Mosher Alumni House on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Professionals
living and working in the area who are not current UCSB students
and graduates are also welcome to attend and learn about earning
a Pepperdine MBA degree, general financial aid options and merit
scholarships. READ MORE
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New Non-Profit
Offers Scholarship Funds For Tactical Medical Training and Education
April 6, 2010 -- The Coalition for Tactical Medicine (CTM), a new
national non-profit will raise funds for scholarships to pay for
tactical medical
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who risk their lives daily. Local police, EMS, SWAT teams, and soldiers
will be able to apply for scholarship funding (http://www.coalitiontacticalmedicine.org/train/guidelines/).
In addition, doctors, nurses, school principals and other non-traditional
personnel who would also benefit from having tactical medical skills
may be eligible. CTM’s Mission: Strengthen the lifesaving
capabilities of tactical medical providers worldwide. READ
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2010
Rice University Business Plan CompetitionTM Announces $1 Million
in Prizes
HOUSTON April 07, 2010--What do you need most when you start a
new business? Money! And The Rice
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will be awarding more than $1 million in prizes to aid new start-up
businesses at the 10th annual competition. The $1 million in prizes
is a new record for the competition, which was already the world’s
largest and richest.
The 42 teams selected from nearly 420 entries, a 20% increase from
2009, for the 2010 competition come from some of the best universities
around the world. Teams were chosen based on their executive summaries
to compete in six categories: life sciences, information technology,
energy, green tech, social and other technologies, in the April
15-17 event. The teams will present 15-minute business plans with
the top six competitors vying for the grand prize valued up to $385,000.
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Argosy
University, Nashville to Introduce Psy.D. Program This Fall
Nashville, TN April 12, 2010 -- Argosy University (http://www.argosy.edu/),
Nashville’s College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
announced today that it will introduce a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
in Clinical Psychology program to its curricula in the fall. This
will be the first Psy.D.
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students an alternative to the traditional Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
The Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology program is designed to educate
and prepare students for eventual roles as clinical psychologists.
The curriculum integrates psychology theory, training and practice,
as well as other core practical and academic skills. Faculty members
are practicing psychologists who model the practitioner/scholar
orientation of the program. READ MORE
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