Obama would spend more to make college affordable By LIBBY QUAID and JUSTIN POPE – WASHINGTON (AP) – President Obama on Thursday proposed a huge expansion of the government’s role in making college more affordable and putting it within reach of more students. In his budget plan, Obama seeks to link growth of the Pell [...]
5 questions for Harvard’s admissions dean By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff | February 24, 2009 Five questions for William R. Fitzsimmons, Harvard University’s dean of admissions and financial aid. Q: You recently lead a high-profile commission that recommended de-emphasizing the SAT and ACT from admission requirements. A number of colleges have already made the tests [...]
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) What is the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program? It is a program that establishes a federal-state partnership to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to students who have demonstrated financial need. Federal funds are provided to match appropriated state funds supplied by [...]
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“HELP FOR PAYING OFF YOUR STUDENT LOANS” (read the fine print) By Kim Clark, U.S. News and World Report A new federal program starting this fall promises relief and hope for millions of students and recent graduates burdened with big federal educational debts. Starting July 1, those with federal student loans can ask the government [...]
By J.D. Wyczalek (why-zall-ick)Sorry but you missed the deadline, sorry we don’t have any aid to give out, sorry the program you wanted has been eliminated, sorry the campus you want to attend is closed, sorry the scholarship programs have been eliminated. — These sad words are what many hopeful college bound kids will hear. [...]
by J.D. Wyczalek They say that it is always darkest just before dawn. Well it just got a whole lot darker. Now, not only will it be more difficult to get into an Arizona state school it will also cost more. And for some families much much more. With the budget cuts the Arizona State [...]
Hey Thanks for the VOTE. But before you go, I want you to grab this. It’s a PDF that I created and could save you some headaches when visiting colleges. Think of this as the “I’m Too Lazy To Build An Upsell Page Here, So I Just Decided To Give Some Cool Stuff Away Instead” [...]
Yes there are all kinds of unusual scholarships University freshman awarded Scholarship, Miss Angus crown By: Dallas Duncan Posted: 2/5/09 For University freshman Katie Gazda, beef is a whole lot more than just “what’s for dinner.” As the newly crowned Miss American Angus, she will spend this spring traveling across the country to various Angus [...]
by J.D. Wyczalek Adderall: AKA my study buddy, ralls, bennies, amps, a-bombs, the A train, Addy. Side affects insomnia, vertigo, headache, diarrhea, not hungry and over dose may cause death. It’s an academic steroid running rampant on campuses across the US. It’s a huge asset if someone wants to spend 12 hours studying without fatigue. [...]
