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- monetary assistance given to an individual, organization, or nation. International financial aid, that is from one country to another, is often used to fund educational, health-related, or other humanitarian activities.
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- Sample Financial Aids Officer Cover Letter
- Use this template to apply for the post of financial aids officer. Notice how the applicant in this financial aids officer cover letter focuses on his ability to direct scholarship, grant-in-aid, and loan programs to provide financial assistance to students in a college or university. All financial aids officer cover...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- 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
- 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
- Six Ways to Get Last-Minute Cash for College
- Here's what I'd call a bad day: You just received a college tuition bill for the upcoming school year, but you can't possibly pay the full amount. This financial disconnect is happening a lot this year. Here's one reason why: Colleges make financial aid...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Declawing the FAFSA
- Here is fabulous news for anybody who dreads filling out financial aid forms:Â The FAFSA is getting declawed. For years, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid has been a painful ordeal for millions of parents. In fact, the FAFSA is so tortuous that many families...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- How Financial Aid Formulas Rip Off Parents on the Coasts
- Is the federal college financial aid formula ripping off families who live in San Francisco, New York, Boston and other expensive cities? It sure looks like it. At least that's the conclusion you can easily draw after reading a lengthy report on federal student...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Top Colleges to Cut Big Aid Packages?
- For about two years the nation's most elite schools have been letting families participate in a fabulous trade-in opportunity. Parents pay a pittance to a school like Princeton, Harvard and Swarthmore and in return their child gets to earn a bachelor's degree that retails for more than $200,000. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- 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
- 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
- Researching Colleges in 10 Minutes
- If you want to shrink the cost of college, do you have 10 minutes to spare? No, really. It doesn't take long to form a pretty good idea of whether your child's college choices are financially realistic. In fact, you'll be amazed at how...
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- What High School Counselors Don't Understand About Financial Aid
- I've been taking online classes at UCLA for nearly a year to obtain a credential in college counseling. Here is the most startling thing that I've learned so far: Many high school counselors know precious little about financing a college degree. The counselors I have met through...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Borrowing Too Much For College
- When I give examples of mediocre financial aid packages, I tend to use  New York University as Exhibit A. NYU belongs to a small cadre of elite schools that possess endowments of more than $1 billion, but the university's average financial aid package is underwhelming. By the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-03
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 Truth About Who Qualifies for Financial Aid
- The acceptance letter has arrived and now you're dreading those future tuition bills. MoneyWatch Editorial Director Eric Schurenberg explains who is and isn't likely to receive financial assistance.
- Videos 2009-04-01
- 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.
- Videos 2009-05-27
- Financial Aid Tips for Those in Need
- Elena Scott is a high school teacher and single mother. Her daughter, Athena, is headed to UC Riverside in the fall. But how will the family pay for it? College Buzz Executive Director Rick Grisel shares three valuable financial aid tips for college-bound kids looking for tuition assistance.
- Videos 2009-06-08
- 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...
- Articles 2009-11-11
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