It cannot be a good feeling to know that you could have been a contender for a generous scholarship but for the one piece of the application you failed to send to the award provider. [...]
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA] is not technically a scholarship, but it is the largest source of free money available to college students every year and several states have April 30th deadlines that come before the final federal deadline [which for 2010 is September 21]. [...]
California community college students who are eligible for financial aid but do not apply for it may be losing up to a half billion dollars, according to a new analysis by the Institute for College Access and Success. [...]
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate edged closer Thursday to merging the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act into the budget reconciliation bill being drafted to push health care reform through Congress without Republican support. [...]
Taking a page from President Obama’s recent criticism of Wall Street bankers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan sharpened his rhetoric about the student loan industry in urging Congress to pass an overhaul of federal student aid programs during a telephone news conference with reporters Tuesday. [...]
College leaders grew understandably nervous when President Obama said last week that he would freeze domestic discretionary spending for the rest of his administration; programs dear to them, like student aid and scientific research, fall into that broad category, and his State of the Union vow to shield education programs provided too-little reassurance. [...]
Obama administration officials confirmed on Thursday that unexpectedly strong demand for Pell Grants would sharply increase government spending on its primary need-based student aid program, requiring an extra $18 billion over the next three years. While such shortfalls are common in programs like Pell — which [...]
Thursday, Sep 9
Partly Cloudy
Currently: 57˚F
Feels Like: 57˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 52˚
Wind: 12, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: NW (310) 
Tonight: 52˚
Sunset: 7:27 PM
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Friday, Sep 10
Hi: 68˚, Lo: 53˚
Wind: 11, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: WNW (295)
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