College Financial Aid

Why Colleges Should Offer a Three-Year Option

Michael Roth | Posted 05.24.2012

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By no means is the three-year option for everyone. But if we can offer families the same quality undergraduate degree at a significantly reduced total price -- and I think we can -- why not do it?

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A Free College Is Free No More (Sort of) -- What That Means to You

Patrick O'Connor | Posted 05.10.2012

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About two weeks ago, Cooper Union announced its plans to start charging tuition for some of its graduate students. Is this really a big deal in the college world? No and yes.

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Colleges Employ Deceptive Financial Aid Tactics

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.24.2012

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As millions of high school students across the country weigh their college acceptances, deceptive financial aid letters are making the process all the...

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What Will Your "College Tax" Be?

Dr. Bonnie Snyder | Posted 04.19.2012

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You're ready to file your federal, state, and local taxes. If you've got a college-bound student, however, you're not quite finished calculating your total tax burden, yet.

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The Case of the Disappearing Black and Latino Student: Race and the Achievement Gap at Smith College and Stuyvesant High School

Richard Buery | Posted 05.02.2012

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Where you stand on the declining numbers of African Americans at Stuyvesant depends on your answers to two questions. First, do you think the small number of black students is a problem? Second, what should we do about it?

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Disowned LGBT Students Need Financial Aid Help

TNGG | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: College Students, Financial Aid, College Financial Aid, Lgbt Students Financial Aid, Homeless Lgbt Youth Financial Aid, Gay Students Financial Aid, College News

It's difficult for college students to erase their "dependent" status, until they become officially "independent" of their families at age 24. Until then, the Dept. of Education operates under the assumption that parents are providing toward their child's postsecondary education.

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Unigo Expert Network: Most Common Scholarship Scams

Unigo | Posted 04.01.2012

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The sad reality is that college scholarship scams are real. This week, our experts weigh in on the most common types of scholarship scams and the best ways for you to avoid them.

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Applying for Financial Aid? Do Your Homework

Patrick O'Connor | Posted 03.31.2012

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It's no surprise that financial aid is a big part of a student's decision to go back to school. The good news is that the federal government and private resources are offering more money than ever to meet this growing need.

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Let's Rethink How We Pay for College

Jeff Selingo | Posted 02.18.2012

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Student loans are not going away, despite calls by Occupy protesters to have the federal government finance public colleges entirely and write off all student debt. So rather than debate the impossible, we should instead discuss better ways of financing a college degree.

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The Great Education Reads of 2011

Terrell Halaska | Posted 02.12.2012

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From groundbreaking research to breakthrough ideas and incisive analysis, it's been a fertile year for the written word.

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Five Myths About California DREAMers

Elisa Batista | Posted 01.31.2012

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At a time when California and the nation face a housing crisis of enormous proportions, now is the time to welcome these young people and their ideas and work ethic with open arms.

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Scholarship Promises College Tuition Aid To High Schoolers, Years Before They Go

| Douglas Harris | Posted 01.29.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation's The Learning Curve blog. Douglas Harris, associate professor of educational policy and public af...

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Officials Target Misleading College Financial Aid Letters

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 12.26.2011

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NEW YORK — Financial aid award letters can be misleading. In one common practice, for example, colleges highlight the total "out of pocket" cos...

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Frustration With The Feds Over Financial Aid

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 09.18.2011

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BOSTON -- In a tough budgetary environment for federal financial aid, with even the bedrock Pell Grant Program on the chopping block, anxiety is omnip...

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The 12 Best College Financial Aid Policies

The Washington Post | Posted 09.11.2011

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In today's paper, I write about the trend toward "no-loan" financial aid pledges at some of the nation's top universities. More than 70 schools have r...

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When Your Financial Aid Package Isn't Enough, What Can You Do?

Unigo | Posted 06.12.2011

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Financial aid can be a foreign language to many of us. When it comes back, is it final? Can you ask for more? What if your parents lose their job sin...

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If Pell Grants Are Cut, Colleges May Have To Backtrack On Financial-Aid Offers

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Kelly Field | Posted 06.06.2011

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If Congress cuts the Pell Grant program's budget this year, many colleges may have to roll back a portion of the financial-aid offers they have made t...

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Administration's Higher Education Goals Unattainable Without K-16 Bridge

Omari Scott Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

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College counseling must become an integrated self-standing function in public high schools nationwide and particularly in the neediest school districts; it should be a core service public schools provide to students.

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As Tuition Increases, So Does Financial Aid: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

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College may actually be comparatively cheaper now than before the recession, the Washington Post reports. According to a new survey by the National A...

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