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Roundup: News You Need to Know, Mon., Nov. 6th

November 6, 2006

Omaha World-Herald and Inside Higher Education Report on Higher Ed Watchs Investigation of Nelnet Campaign Contributions

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Follow the Money: Nelnet Campaign Contributions

November 4, 2006

Guess who tied for the single largest individual campaign contribution to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in 2006? The Nelnet student loan corporation's top three executives. Guess which company provided the single, largest corporate donation to the NRCC? Yup, Nelnet. Not a pharmaceutical company or tobacco company or oil company. Nope, a student loan company.

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Missouri Board Chair Resigns

November 1, 2006

State loan agency Board members are dropping like flies in Missouri. The Chair of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) Board resigned last week, making her the fourth Board member to resign since mid-September. Those resignations come on top of Executive Director Michael Cummins, who was pushed out in January 2006.

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News You Need to Know: Daily Roundup, Wed., Nov. 1st

November 1, 2006

Rep. Petri Criticizes Student Loan Program Inefficiencies

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Should Everyone Go to College?

October 30, 2006

Only a few of the jobs with the largest projected increases in employment require a college education, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics publication, Tomorrow's Jobs. Hardly any require mathematics and science proficiency or skill at using computers.

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News You Need to Know: Daily Roundup, Fri., Oct. 27th

October 27, 2006

Michigan Voters Divided Over Affirmative Action Ban

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For Students or For-Profit?

October 27, 2006

Is it a good idea for the country to have for-profit student loan companies so heavily involved in the student financial aid process? Might they not encourage higher prices and more borrowing?

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Loan to Learn's Caribbean Junket for College Officials Canceled

October 26, 2006

On Monday, Higher Ed Watch broke the story that a private student loan company, Loan to Learn, was offering financial aid officers an all-expense-paid, four day trip to the Caribbean this coming February.

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News You Need to Know: Daily Roundup, Wed., Oct. 25th

October 25, 2006

College Board Releases the Two Most Important Higher Ed Studies of the Year

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Missouri College Construction to be Paid for by Student Loan Sale

October 24, 2006

Partisan politics has taken firm hold of a pending major sale of student loans aimed at financing $350 million worth of Missouri college construction. Republican Governor Matt Blunt is hot to trot for the pending three part deal. Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon has been throwing the kitchen sink at it.

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