Financial Aid News

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• Study Finds Mixed Results for Students Attending For-Profit Colleges
• California Dream Act Offers Path to College for Undocumented Students
• 01-03:Availability of EDExpress for Windows 2012-2013, Release 1.0
• Grant to Foster Improvements for Foster Youth in College
• Best Values in Public Colleges, 2012
• Middle-aged Borrowers Piling on Student Debt
• 5 Colleges That Are Slashing Tuition Costs
• Program That Helps Thousands Pay for School Could Disappear
• Now's The Time to Save: Parents Should Start Squirreling Away for College as Soon as Their Child is Born — or Even Before
• Interest Rates for Federal Subsidized Loans to Jump to 6.8% on July 1, 2012

Study Finds Mixed Results for Students Attending For-Profit Colleges Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "For-profit colleges educate a disproportionate share of minority, disadvantaged, and older students, and are more successful at retaining students in their first year and graduating them from... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

California Dream Act Offers Path to College for Undocumented Students Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "When the California Dream Act goes into effect in 2013, about 2,500 undocumented college students will qualify for waivers, Cal Grants and other aid at a cost of $59.1 million, predicts the... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

01-03:Availability of EDExpress for Windows 2012-2013, Release 1.0 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The Dept. of ED is pleased to announce the posting of EDExpress for Windows 2012-2013, Release 1.0, on the Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site. This release contains Global,... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Grant to Foster Improvements for Foster Youth in College Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "Western Michigan University (WMU) has built a network of "campus coaches" that provide round-the-clock support for foster youth and – with a $700,000 grant from theKresge Foundation – plans to... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Best Values in Public Colleges, 2012 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST As college tuitions continue to rise, many students look toward public schools to receive a high-quality education at an affordable cost. In order to make this search easier for students and their... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Middle-aged Borrowers Piling on Student Debt Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "Educational borrowing is up for every age group over the past three years, but it has grown far more quickly among those between 35 and 49, according to the analysis of more than 3 million credit... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

5 Colleges That Are Slashing Tuition Costs Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "A stagnant economy and declining attendance has prompted some colleges and universities to cut tuition costs for the first time in many years," reports the San Francisco Gate. "College bound... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Program That Helps Thousands Pay for School Could Disappear Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "A program that helps thousands of local college students pay for school could disappear soon," WSOCTV.com reports. "More than a dozen North Carolina community colleges can now choose not to offer... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Now's The Time to Save: Parents Should Start Squirreling Away for College as Soon as Their Child is Born — or Even Before Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST "The sooner a family starts to save for higher education, the more affordable it will be," Joan Marshall writes in the Baltimore Sun. "State-sponsored and tax-advantaged college savings plans, called... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

Interest Rates for Federal Subsidized Loans to Jump to 6.8% on July 1, 2012 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Without Congressional intervention, the interest rate for Federal Direct Subsidized Loans will change from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent beginning July 1, 2012. The reason why has a lot to do with... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/

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