Students are now borrowing more money than ever before to make ends meet on their college expenses. People want to get educated, but there is such a high price on it. The WSJ reports.
Patrick Moates, who runs an H&M book shop right near Chattanooga State has decided to have a heart and do something that doesn’t make him look like a completely black-hearted sucker of kitten blood. Moates found a proactive company called Project Ahead, which helps low-income students get their textbooks for much, much less. He donated [...]
Somewhere around 700 colleges signed up for the ‘Post 9/11 GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program. It’s quite a program, actually. What they do is for every dollar you give, they pay for a future veteran’s college payments. It’s quite neat.
A new program called ‘Go 4 College’ is allowing low-income students the opportunities to get to college. There are chances for these kids, and a lot of the time they just don’t know the path. The Pendulum at Elon University reports the story.
Students going to school in Illinois are going to have some issues with paying for college. Those who plan on applying for scholarships and/or grant funds will be suffering. There is a 60% cut given by the state of Illinois of all scholarships and grants.
If ya don’t have any money for college, ya may need some loans, right? Well, loans aren’t too plentiful around these parts. Even if you can find them, it’s not the greatest deal. What are you to do?? Unithrive has the answer! It’s actually quite the deal, and if you’re planning on going to college [...]
It’s simple math, really (much unlike that blasted SAT). There has been a significant rise of in-state college applicants due to the harsh economic climate in Jersey, and likely all across the country. In addition, more high school students are applying for financial aid, which is no big surprise.
More about this at NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/economy_brings_rise_of_instate.html
As most of us know, California is in deep financial shit. The amount of shoveling needed to find the bottom is going to be painful and long. The Governator has decided to cut Cal Grants to lower income students looking to apply to colleges. Like I said, not pretty, but it is necessary. Schwarzenegger has [...]
The Obama administration is putting forward some major changes in the way students will be getting government checks to further their education. The New York Times reports,
‘The proposal would increase grants to the neediest students and allow those grants to rise slightly above the inflation rate, an effort to keep pace with tuition increases.’
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