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...foreign-language-education industry through discount lesson offers and a sassy, ubiquitous ad campaign. In 2006, as many as two-thirds of Japan's foreign-language students were enrolled at Nova. But things started to unravel for the company in April, after the Supreme Court ruled that its prepaid tuition scheme, under which students bought thousands of dollars in lessons up front and received only partial refunds in the event of cancellations, was illegal. A subsequent government investigation unearthed more dodgy business practices at Nova, including false advertising and contract violations, and led to a partial suspension of its operations...
...G.education, a Nagoya-based English-tuition chain, threw Nova a lifeline, agreeing to take over its operations. But it only plans to reopen some 200 of Nova's 669 remaining schools, and it won't be refunding fees, although some rival institutes are offering discounts for Nova students. That won't help former teachers like Kristen Moon, a 23-year-old English-education major from Philadelphia, who has been scraping by on private lessons she now gives to her former Nova students. "I'm living hand to mouth," she says. "Nova has ruined a lot of people's lives...
...council. “It depends on the program,” she said, “I think that it does affect master’s students definitely more than the Ph.D. students.” CORRECTION: The Nov. 6 news article "College Cut Loans As Tuition Source" incorrectly stated that Wesleyan College expanded its financial aid package for families with incomes below $40,000. In fact, that change was made by Wesleyan University...
...open on Mike Huckabee In the bizzaro universe of presidentialpolitics, it was something of a compliment when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made a seemingly casual swipe at a back-of-the-pack rival during a recent Iowa television interview. Mike Huckabee, he declared, had supported "special tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants...
...Average tuition and fees at four-year private colleges, a 6.3% increase from last year...