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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 Grant program to [...]

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 optional. Do you [...]

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 the states on [...]

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April 4, 2009

February 27, 2009

February 28 – March 13, 2009

June 13, 2009

May 8, 2009

May 9 – 22, 2009

 
Register for the ACT here actstudent.org/index.html

“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 to limit [...]

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.
Budget [...]

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 University system has [...]

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 beef shows to present [...]

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. However it [...]

Unorthodox scholarships offer aid for other than straight A’s
By: Katie Ruppel original post
In these times of economic uncertainty, everyone is looking to save a buck, especially those paying for college or working to pay rent on their own. If you think the only way students can receive a scholarship is by making straight A’s or [...]