Financial Aid News

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• 7 Tips for Parents and Students to Master College Essays
• Opinion: Congress Needs To Make DREAM Act a Reality
• Rhode Island Sen. Whitehouse Meets With Students To Discuss Pell Grants
• Three Vermont Schools of Higher Ed Fall Short in Finances
• Income Benefits of Vocational Education Fade with Age
• A How-Not-To on Debt
• ANN-11-25: Live Internet Webinar – Direct Loan Reports
• 10-17: 2011 Federal Student Aid Conference Information
• Massachusetts: 18,200 Students Eligible for Adams Scholarships
• My Soapbox Advice to the OWS Movement and Then Some

7 Tips for Parents and Students to Master College Essays Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:30 AM PDT Parents can't write application essays, but they can provide support. For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Opinion: Congress Needs To Make DREAM Act a Reality Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:57 AM PDT "The DREAM Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation intended to give young immigrants in American schools a shot at success," Austin Plier writes in the St. Norbert Times. "Opponents say that the... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Rhode Island Sen. Whitehouse Meets With Students To Discuss Pell Grants Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:56 AM PDT "With House Republicans looking to make significant cuts to the Pell Grant program, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has come out to make a resolution in the Senate to defend and keep the... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Three Vermont Schools of Higher Ed Fall Short in Finances Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:54 AM PDT "Three of Vermont's higher-education institutions have failed an annual financial responsibility test conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and could face stepped-up financial scrutiny by the... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Income Benefits of Vocational Education Fade with Age Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT "The skills students learn from a vocational education may ease their transition into the labor market, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research," Inside Higher... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

A How-Not-To on Debt Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:51 AM PDT "Mortgages, home-equity loans, credit-card debt, and student loans--these all pile up" the Atlantic reports. "College graduates in 2009 who borrowed money for school owed an average of $24,000,... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

ANN-11-25: Live Internet Webinar – Direct Loan Reports Posted: 17 Oct 2011 02:26 PM PDT This letter announces Federal Student Aid's instructor-led, online training session on Direct Loan reports, including reports on loan origination, disbursement, Master Promissory Note (MPN)... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

10-17: 2011 Federal Student Aid Conference Information Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:09 AM PDT Federal Student Aid's (FSA) fall conference will be held in Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand Conference Center from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, 2011.  To date, there are over 6,000 financial aid professionals... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Massachusetts: 18,200 Students Eligible for Adams Scholarships Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:04 AM PDT "State officials announced today that 18,261 members of the class of 2012 in Massachusetts are eligible for free tuition for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts public... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

My Soapbox Advice to the OWS Movement and Then Some Posted: 17 Oct 2011 08:54 AM PDT "Now some might argue that limiting student loans will limit the ability of lower income students to go to better schools," Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban writes on his blog, Blog Maverick. "I say... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

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