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Financial Aid for Those Not in Financial Need

Think your income is too high for your child to qualify? Not so fast. Colleges do set aside grants specifically for well-off students. College Buzz Executive Director Rick Grisel shares smart ways seniors can increase their chances of qualifying for merit aid.

Tags: Financial, Financial Aid, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Finance, Merit Aid, Rick Grisel, College Buzz, Fastweb.com, Scholarships.com

Videos 2009-05-27

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:...

Tags: College, Scholarship, MoneyWatch, Community College, Kazanjian, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, 529 Plan, Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid.org, FastWeb.com, College Savings, Barbara Bedway

Articles 2009-09-04

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ScholarshipExperts.com banks on for-pay strategy

You get what you pay for. That's the feeling of Ali Azhar, president and co-founder of ScholarshipExperts.com (www.scholarshipexperts.com, Orange Park, FL). Azhar is bucking against the tide by charging a fee for his online scholarship search service -- FastWeb and Scholarships.com are both free services. Azhar feels that once customers...

Tags: Kaplan Inc.

Research articles 2002-05-01

On "College Bound": How to Learn About Financial Aid and Scholarships

PHILADELPHIA -- A college education is an investment, and like any investment there's a smart way to pay. Drexel's head financial aid officer gives an insider's perspective on how to meet the challenge of paying for college. Drexel University's Melissa Englund, executive director of the Student Resource Center and...

Tags: Drexel University, FINANCE, financial, Investment, scholarship

Research articles 2007-02-02

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...

Tags: School, Financial, College, Student, MoneyWatch, Tuition Discount, Web Site Fastweb.com, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Aid, Merit Aid, Tuition Discounts, Rich College Students, Flagship Universities, College Board, Ivy League, Out-of-State Tuition, Lynn O’Shaughnessy

Articles 2009-03-16

New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers

Changing careers is never easy, and it?s all the more challenging in a recession, but reinvention is becoming more and more necessary as the employment landscape shifts so dramatically. Fortunately, there are some time-tested tips for making a successful transition, from looking for on-the-job training to taking advantage of educational...

Tags: Education, Job, Tax, MoneyWatch, Cliff Stevenson, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, New Job, Switching, Career Switch, Career Changing, Career Change, Adult Education, Educational Tax Breaks, Financial Aid, Student Aid, Stafford Loans, Pay Cut, On-the-Job Training, Volunteer Work, Kerry Hannon

Articles 2009-11-11