Guide to Education Grants

More Sources for Financial Aid:Each year, the Institute of International Education (IIE) publishes the “Open Doors” report on the number of international students in the US, together with detailed demographic information on the international student population. The 2006 Open Doors report was released this week, showing that the overall number of international students in the [...]

More Sources for Financial Aid:Most international students at US colleges and universities still must rely on their own sources of funds to pay for their education — like family funds, loans and savings. Although many US schools continue to increase the number of scholarships and the amount of financial aid available to international students (for [...]

More Sources for Financial Aid:Even though more US colleges and universities are making financial aid and scholarships available to international students, most international students at US colleges and universities still must rely on their own sources of funds to pay for their education — like family funds, loans and savings. And the cost of education [...]

The Plus Loan is a loan that a parent of a dependent student takes out for their child’s education. For more information you can contact the financial aid office at any school or RIHEAA.

The limit of the PLUS Loan is the Cost of Attendance minus any financial aid received.

Information on loan forgivenesss is available on the Mapping Your Future website (www.mapping-your-future.org).

If you are in default, you have to clear up your record by making six consecutive payments – or by paying off your entire balance. Work with your lender/servicer – whoever has your loan – to make arrangements with them to clear up your record so that you can be re-instated and become eligible for [...]