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		<title>Student Loan Defaults Increasing – Whose Fault?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in: more bad news from the front lines of the recession. How can current and future students sidestep these sad loan statistics? Some tips on avoiding student loan default...]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival of College Admissions: The Six Degrees Edition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 6th edition of the Carnival of College Admissions, and the first one hosted here at CollegeSurfing! Thanks to Mark Montgomery, the Great College Advice guru, for passing the torch. I&#8217;m under pressure to live up to the first five installments, and so I do my best to present to you: The Six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Alternatives to Federal Aid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, CollegeSurfing Insider welcomes writer and financial aid expert Christina Couch to offer some secrets to scoring financial aid&#8230;
If Uncle Sam left you high and dry, take heart!  There are literally millions of dollars in financial aid – including grants, scholarships, and alternative programs that won’t require a financial aid application at all &#8211; beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying Dues While Paying Off School Debt &#8212; When&#8217;s the Payoff?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: How do I know if an educational program is worth the cost?
As coincidence would have it, I just finished logging out of SallieMae&#8217;s bill pay area to make my monthly &#8220;donation,&#8221; the one I&#8217;ve been making every month for the last seven years. If you&#8217;re not familiar with SallieMae, they&#8217;re one of the largest [...]]]></description>
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