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- What College Aid Officers Won't Tell You
- Searching for college financial aid is tough. But you will increase your family's odds of getting cash once you learn these tightly-guarded secrets financial aid officers. Hint: like so many things in today's tough economy, college aid can sometimes be negotiable... If you were shopping for a refrigerator at Sears...
- Articles 2009-03-05
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- Crash Course on College Aid
- The more you know about how colleges on your child's list dole out financial aid, the better your chances of receiving some. You'll want to do a few calculations and a little detective work. And don't be afraid to have a conversation with each school's loan office... The first rule...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- College aid
- College Aid: San Diego-based Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial pledged $100,000 to San Diego State University's Real Estate Program within the College of Business Administration. The commercial real estate brokerage's pledge will be combined with other donations to help fund a faculty professorship in real estate, according to the university.
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- College Aid for the Affluent
- You shouldn't automatically assume that your family's income will prevent you from qualifying for college financial aid. Some schools will actually be eager to offer you some cash in hopes of enticing your son or daughter to enroll. You just need to know the rules... If your family pulls in...
- Articles 2009-03-16
- The Dangers of Free College Advice
- If your teenager is a high school senior, beware of unsolicited invitations from friendly strangers. The typical invitation urges parents to attend a free college seminar where they will discover the secrets to finding scholarships and financial aid. I've gotten plenty of these invitations myself. If you...
- Blog posts 2009-10-18
- The Secrets of Financial Aid
- If you think your income is too lofty for your child to qualify for college financial aid, think again. Your college savings fund has gone down, down, down, but the cost of tuition just keeps going up. Does this mean you'll be forced to dig deeper to send off your...
- Articles 2009-03-16
- The Soaring Popularity of College Student Loans
- This is going to be hard to believe, but in the mid 1990s most students did not borrow money for college. In 1993, just 32 percent of students took out a college loan. In every year since then, however, the numbers have continued to climb. According to...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Minnesota Plan Could Cut College Aid to More Than 9,000 Students.
- By John Welsh, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 21--More than 9,000 Minnesota college students would lose their state grant or have it substantially reduced if the agency in charge of financial aid is forced to carry out...
- Research articles 2001-12-21
- Groups Nationwide Making Rising Cost of College an Election Year Issue; Millions Mobilizing Voters To Make College More Affordable
- To: National Desk, Education ReporterContact: Toby Chaudhuri, 202-955-5665 or Bob Brandon, 202-331- 1550, both of Campaign for America's FutureWASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Responding to public outrage about soaring college costs, a sharp rise in college loan interest rates and cuts to federal college aid programs, many organizations and...
- Research articles 2006-10-11
- Upromise Doubles 2009 Scholarship Fund to Help More Students Attain a College Education
- NEWTON, Mass. -- At a time when an unprecedented number of Americans are struggling to save and pay for the ever-rising cost of college tuition, Upromise, a Sallie Mae company, is doubling financial support for its annual scholarship program. This year, the Upromise Scholarship will award a total of $500,000...
- Research articles 2009-01-14
- New Jersey Governor Cuts 5 Percent from College Aid.
- By Jeff Pillets, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 23--Governor McGreevey ordered an immediate 5 percent cut in aid to state colleges and universities Tuesday, a move that some said would inevitably lead to higher tuition in the fall. ...
- Research articles 2002-01-23
- Kerry offers college-aid plan.
- By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--CHICAGO -- Presidential candidate John F. Kerry said yesterday that he would give $10 billion to states for higher education if they capped soaring college tuition increases, a proposal that would...
- Research articles 2004-06-30
- Change in federal college aid rules may slash grants to low-income students.
- By Marcella Bombardieri, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23--Nearly a quarter of low- and moderate-income college students who currently qualify for federal Pell grants will see their awards reduced or eliminated under a change in federal rules that ...
- Research articles 2004-11-23
- Brooks Bros. to award $175,000 to 21 for college scholarships. (Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- As part of its 175th anniversary celebration, Brooks Brothers will award $175,000 in college aid to 21 high-school seniors. Called the Brooks Brothers Scholars Program, recipients will be chosen based on financial need, academic achievement, leadership and community service. ...
- Research articles 1993-08-10
- Catch Up on College Savings
- With no college savings plan in place for their younger daughters, John and Michelle Kazanjian need to start investigating scholarships and community colleges. Fortunately for their parents, the older Kazanjian girls have won generous grants:...
- Articles 2009-09-04
- Four Questions to Ask a College Counselor
- Can your teenager's high school counselor help you shrink the cost of college? I have my doubts. In my last post, I explained that many well-meaning counselors don't have the financial acumen to pull this off. Â Before putting too much faith in a counselor's advice, ask these...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Scoring a College Athletic Scholarship
- College athletic scholarships are less generous and harder-to-get than you think. Consider the Long Odds Goal: Be realistic about where your kid can play college sports. ...
- Articles 2009-06-02
- College Admission Season: Will Money Talk?
- Are rich teenagers going to catch a break in this year's college admission season? It's a question that admission directors are skittish about discussing. No college wants to admit that it will reject more needy students so they can embrace the affluent applicants. It...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- A Hidden Financial Aid Secret
- Would your high school counselor flunk a test on college financial aid? In a recent post, I suggested that many, if not most, high school counselors are shockingly ignorant about many financial aid basics. I am even more convinced that I was right after...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Six Great College Websites
- When I Googled "college," today, I got 681,000,000 hits. If I spent one minute on each of these websites, it would take more than 129 years to visit them all. And by then my great-great-great grandchildren would probably be ready for college. The amount...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
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